This course aims to refine students’ Chinese oral (Cantonese) and writing skills in legal practice. It prepares students to enter the legal profession as a trainee solicitor or a bar pupil undertaking work that requires oral and written communications in Chinese. Students will apply Chinese writing, drafting and oral skills in the following areas:

• Letters of advice and other written correspondence
• Opinion drafting
• Contract drafting
• Court documents drafting
• Legal translation
• Oral communications in court 

The structure of the course will be in the form of 8 large group lectures and 8 small group sessions. Guest lecturers may be invited on relevant topics. Large group lectures aim to provide students with the framework for the relevant topics. Students will be given examples of good and bad drafting and pitfalls to watch for in written and oral communications in Chinese. Small groups will provide students with the chance to engage in practical, hands-on activities and receive feedback on their written work assignments and oral communications.