This course grants credit to Editorial Board members of the CityU Law Review (CityU LR) for their production responsibilities on the Board and for researching, writing, and editing a scholarly work. The course aims to do the following:  

• cultivate the skills necessary to identify an appropriate topic find relevant research materials to develop and support an argument and draft an original, scholarly work of publishable quality;
• develop students' ability to peer review classmates' work constructively;
• reinforce students' understanding of research ethics by practicing and enforcing good citation practices; 
• train students to review scholarly submissions, edit submissions, and publish a law journal;
• enable students to explore other activities related to producing a law journal such as coordinating with the publisher, marketing and organising academic conferences; and
• enable students to explore, as part of a team, what publishing a law journal entails.

The use of Generative AI tools is prohibited in the assessment.

Applicable to students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum aggregate mark of 50% and a minimum of 50% in each of the above assessment tasks/activities.

Applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 and thereafter

To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum aggregate mark of 40% and a minimum of 40% in each of the above assessment tasks/activities.