Jamie Tso
Founder, LegalQuants
Sat, Aug 1513:30–18:00Philip K. H. Wong Theatre
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
An afternoon forum for law students and young practitioners to explore how AI is changing legal education and their future careers
Four questions.One evolving profession.
01Panel13:40–14:30
What is possible now?
Frontier Legal AI Landscape
Frontier legal AI applications, the technical perspective, and adoption limits in Hong Kong.
Troy Song
International Arbitration Lawyer
Rocky Li
Founder, Terracotta
Yu Fan
Ph.D. Candidate, ETH Zurich
02Panel14:30–15:30
How should we learn?
Legal AI in Education
How law students can use AI responsibly, what academic integrity requires, and where legal education is already experimenting.
Benjamin Chen
Associate Professor of Law; Director, Law and Technology Centre, The University of Hong Kong
Stuart Hargreaves
Associate Professor of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wang Jiangyu
Professor of Law; Director, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong
Brian Tang
Executive Director, LITE Lab@HKU
03Demo session16:00–16:30
What can you make?
Don’t Wait for Legal Tech: Build Your Own
Short demonstrations of practical legal AI tools built for legal research, drafting, and workflow support.
Anissa Ng
Sidley Austin corporate associate turned product manager & AI Builder
Gallant Guo
Builder & Lawyer in One-Year Gap
Leona Zhang
Co-Founder, Terracotta
Wyatt Zhang
Corporate Associate, Fangda Partners
Koki Xu
DevRel at Open Design | Author of Anti-Distill Skill | Initiator of Social Coding
04Panel16:30–17:30
How will practice change?
Essential AI Skills for Young Lawyers
How AI changes day-to-day legal work and what skills young lawyers should build for the AI era.
Chandy Ye
Founder, Beyond Change Advisory; IAPP KnowledgeNet Hong Kong Co-Chair
Wilfred Kwong
Head of Group Legal, HAECO Group
Ian Ernst Chai
CEO & Co-Founder, Elefant; Affiliate Faculty, SMU
Horace Wong, JP
Senior Counsel; Co-Head of Rede Chambers
Wilfred Ng
Partner, TMT at Bird & Bird
Programme
15 AUG 2026Philip K. H. Wong Theatre2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower
13:00–13:30ArrivalRegistration
13:30–13:40OpeningOpening remarks
13:40–14:30PanelFrontier Legal AI Landscape
14:30–15:30PanelLegal AI in Education
15:30–16:00BreakTea break
16:00–16:30Demo sessionDon’t Wait for Legal Tech: Build Your Own
16:30–17:30PanelEssential AI Skills for Young Lawyers
17:30 onwardsNetworkingNetworking session
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