Briefing on 200708 Facultywide Exchange

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Briefing on2007-08 Faculty-wide Exchange
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Useful Websites

• Faculty Exchange Website http//www.hku.hk/law/st
  udent/exchange.htm
• HKU Worldwide Exchange Website
  http//www.hku.hk/liaison/oise

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The Basic Idea

• HKU and the Faculty of Law have
• exchange agreements with a number
• of other partner universities.
• Our partners take an agreed number
• of our students and we take an agreed
• number of theirs.

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If you go through an exchange programme

• - HKU or the Faculty does the liason with the
• host school
• you only have to pay HKU tuition fees
• you can be sure of being able to transfer your
  credits
• you can get financial and other assistance.

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If You Want to Apply to Both Schemes

• This year, you must
• (i) Fill in and submit BOTH forms
• the OISE form on line
• and
• the Faculty of Law form in hard copy.
• (ii) Indicate on the Faculty of Law form
• that you have applied for HKU as well.

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What if I only Want to Apply to the University
Scheme?

• Fill in the OISE form on line
• Compete with the rest of the students from all
  faculties
• Wider choices
• Can go in your second year

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What if I am only Interested in the Faculty
Scheme?

• Fill in the Faculty Form only
• Get priority for Faculty places
• Choose one school and stay with it.
• You can choose to go to
• - one place for one semester
• - one place for a full year if host
  school permits
• - two places in one year
• A. civil law country common law
  country
• B. Mainland any other country

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Faculty Partners
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Negotiations Underway

• Canada
• Queens University at Kingston, Ontario
• UK
• Bristol University will accept 1 HKU student
  2007
• University College London
• US
• University of Washington, Seattle

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LLB Compulsory Courses

• Courses You Must Take at HKU
• Constitutional Law
• Land Law I and II
• Hong Kong Legal System
• Legal Research and Writing IV

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LLB Compulsory Courses contin.

• Courses You MUST Take at HKU or at a Partner
  Institution
• Criminal Law I and II
• Equity and Trusts I and II
• Introduction to Chinese Law
• Introduction to Legal Theory
• Administrative Law
• Commercial Law
• Research Project
• Mooting
• Research Writing V (research paper)

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For PCLL Admission 2008-

• See
• http//www.hku.hk/pcll/notice/PCLL2008.pdf
• Or go to the Faculty of Law Homepage

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Contract Tort Hong Kong Constitutional
Law Criminal Law Hong Kong Land Law (including
Law of Conveyancing) Equity Civil
Procedure Criminal Procedure Evidence I Business
Associations Commercial Law
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Conversion Courses

• Civil Procedure
• Criminal Procedure
• Commercial Law NOT EQUITY!!!!
  
• Evidence
• Business Associations
• Hong Kong Constitutional Law
• Hong Kong Legal System
• Hong Kong Land Law (including conveyancing)

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Conversion Examinations

• The current plan is to hold conversion
• examinations for all subjects on
• April and August 2006
• January and June 2008

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Re Recognition of Your Host
Institutions Course by PCLL

• Overseas courses for
• Constitutional Law
• Legal System
• Land Law (including conveyancing)
• will NOT satisfy the requirements for these
• courses.
• Do these courses in Hong Kong.

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• Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure
• are also increasingly difficult to match in
• another jurisdiction.
• Its a good idea to plan to do these courses
• during your LLB degree or as a conversion
• course.

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• Otherwise, as a general rule of thumb
• Comparable courses in UK or Australia will
• be accepted as satisfying core course
• requirements.
• Comparable courses in Canada may be
• accepted depending on the institution.

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• Some NUS courses may be accepted.
• US courses generally wont be.
• And, or course, civil law jurisdiction courses
• will not be accepted as satisfying these
• prerequisites either.

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WHAT IF I WANT TO DO A MINOR?

• HKU LLB regulations
• Permit a student to take between 36-48 non-law
  credits, enough for a minor in another
  discipline.
• HKU may have no objection to your taking non law
  subjects at your host University for this purpose
• But check with your host University they may not
  allow law students to take non-law credits.

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What if I am a Fast Track Student?

• You need to obtain 174 law credits for your LLB
• 120 of those must be obtained at HKU
• ie 54 law credits can be obtained at an exchange
  institution
• But, if you intend to enter the PCLL programme,
  plan to go on exchange for one semester only.

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Submission Deadlines

• For Faculty Programme
• December 4th, 2006 (for 1st sem 2007-08)
• August 1, 2007 (for 2nd sem 2007-08)
• For HKU Programme
• December 15th, 2006 (for 1st Sem 2007-2008

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Scholarships

• HKU Worldwide
• Students who
• are successful in obtaining places at other
  universities
• under EITHER programme
• and
• have a CGPA of 3 or more
• will be awarded an HKU Worldwide Scholarship
  details on the Web

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Holman Fenwick Willan
Exchange Scholarship

• This is a single scholarship, to be awarded
• to a student on the Faculty Exchange
• programme.
• Deadline for application Jan. 24, 2006
• Information on the web

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Am I Qualified?

• CGPA of 2.8 for University Scheme,
• CGPA of 3 for scholarship
• CGPA of 2.8 under Faculty Scheme,
• although some specific partners require 3
• Preferably you will go in your 3rd or 4th year
• Personality
• Extra curricular activities

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What to Submit

• 1. Completed form
• 2. one reference letter
• 3. Official copies of transcript
• 4. Official class ranking
• 5. personal letter
• an essay stating reasons for applying
• exchange
• 6. TOEFL or comparable test result

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Before You Take Off

• Complete your study plan one month before
  departure
• This includes
• - obtaining the Head of Departments approval
  of the plan
• - obtaining any necessary waivers or
  exemptions
• - obtaining any necessary assurances from
  the
• Conversion Examination Board about
  acceptability of
• proposed courses (if within core)
• Apply for leave of absence from the Dean

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