New Student Orientation 2021
The CityU Law School Student Orientation 2021 was held in a real-time, online format on 24 August for the new LLB, JD, PCLL, LLM and LLMArbDR students. Around 450 students attended the Orientation on ZOOM. The Orientation aimed to give new students an overview of academic and university life, introduce them to the University’s resources, facilities and opportunities, and help them get prepared for their new start.
Prof TAN Cheng-Han, Dean of the Law School, first warmly welcomed the new LLB and JD students on behalf of CityU Law School. In his speech, he urged the students to go beyond just understanding the legal rules and beyond just knowing them and how to apply them. Because “law is in the service of society and communities,” he said that it is also important that students understand the underlying purpose of the rules and what the rules are trying to achieve. Prof. Tan also encouraged the students to enjoy their study and make the most out of their university life.
Afterwards, the respective programme directors welcomed their students and set out their expectations.
Later on, the new LLB and JD students were given introductions on different aspects of law school life, including international mooting and advocacy; professional development and public service; different special schemes, programmes and initiatives to take advantage of while at CityU; the CityU Law Review; the law library; the Language Centre; e-learning and counselling services. Mr Kay CHAN, the Chairman of the Alumni Association of CityU School of Law, and Ms CHAN Huen Yan, the Acting President of the City University of Hong Kong Students’ Union 32nd Law Students’ Society Executive Committee, were invited as guest speakers to share their experiences with the students about aspects of legal practice and legal study, respectively.
The Orientation for PCLL students was held in the afternoon, and the Orientation for LLM and LLMArbDR students was held in the evening. The students were warmly welcomed by the Dean and the teaching staff. The respective programme directors then briefed the students on the programme features, curriculum, assessment, resources and facilities in the individual programme orientations.
The Student Orientation was a great success. Students got to become familiar with university life and gain information useful for their studies at CityU. Welcome all new students again to the CityU Law School!
香港城市大學(城大)法律學院於2021年8月24日舉行網上迎新活動，大約450名新入學的法律本科生及碩士生參加。一系列的迎新活動旨在讓新生認識大學學習和生活的概況，了解大學的教學資源和設施，幫助他們適應新生活。
法律學院院長陳清漢教授(Prof TAN Cheng-Han)首先代表城大法律學院熱烈歡迎一眾新生。在講話中，他敦促大家不僅要了解法律規則以及如何應用它們。“法律是為社會和社區服務。”他說，同樣重要的是，學生理解法律規則的根本目的以及這些規則試圖實現什麼目標。陳教授亦鼓勵學子們享受學習，充分利用在學時間。之後，法律學學士課程和法律博士課程的課程主任歡迎各位新生，並對他們提出期望。
隨後，學院教師為新生詳細介紹了大學及學院的資源，包括國際模擬法庭比賽和辯論訓練、專業發展及公共服務指導、學生在城大期間可參與的計劃及項目、《香港城市大學法律評論》期刊、法學圖書館、語言中心、網上學習和心理輔導服務。香港城市大學法律學院校友會主席陳國維大律師和香港城市大學學生會第32屆法律學生會執行委員會代理主席陳暄欣同學被邀作嘉賓，他們分別從法律工作和學習方面與同學們分享了他們的寶貴經驗。
法學專業證書課程學生的迎新活動在下午舉行；法學碩士課程和仲裁及爭議解決學法學碩士課程的學生則安排在晚間進行迎新活動。院長陳教授和教職員分別歡迎了一眾新生。接著，各自的課程主任向學生簡要介紹了相關課程的學科特點、課程設計、評分方法、教學資源等等。
2021新生迎新日圓滿結束。通過一系列的迎新活動，新生們對大學生活有了初步認識，並取得了對學習有用的資訊。再次歡迎新生加入城大法律學院！