HONG KONG LAW SCHOOL OPENS – POOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONCERNS
June 1st, 2006
BY JANE MOIR, in Hong Kong
A THIRD law school is to open in Hong Kong this September amid a degree of trepidation as legal graduates with poor English skills struggle to find jobs in the city. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will teach a full-time bachelor of laws (LLB) and postgraduate programmes, but some academics have criticised a decision to widen the pool of lawyers while declining English language standards amongst HK students draws fire from legal employers and the bench.
This is because poor language skills are forcing top HK firms to look ...
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