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In recent years, we have seen a growing number of lawyers' schools established by universities and provincial justice bureaus in the Mainland providing vocational training in advocacy, ethics, practice and law firm management for lawyers. Members of the Hong Kong Bar are invited to teach in the Mainland. The establishment of lawyers' schools evidences the professionalisation of Mainland China's legal industry.
From Year 2011 to 2018, we launched a "Common Law course" for undergraduate and postgraduate students at Peking University. The Hong Kong Bar Association offered scholarships to outstanding students who had taken the course. The awardees were invited to come to Hong Kong to observe the daily work of barristers and to experience the operation of common law in Hong Kong. The purpose was to enhance Mainland law students’ understanding of the common law system in foreign jurisdictions and thereby facilitating Mainland China’s integration with overseas countries and enabling the Mainland to catch up with well-developed countries.
