Community Legal Access in Hong Kong 2025: No One Left Behind 絕不遺漏一人

ONLINE EVENT - The importance & social impact, status & opportunities for accessible and affordable community legal support in Hong Kong.

By Equal Justice 平義社

Date and time

May 28 · 11:30pm - May 29 · 3am PDT

Location

Online

Agenda

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Welcome & opening remarks

2:45 PM - 3:20 PM

Keynote speech: Professor Dame Hazel Genn KC (Hon)

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

Panel: The importance & social impact of community legal access

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Break

4:15 PM - 4:50 PM

Panel: The status of community legal access in Hong Kong

4:50 PM - 5:25 PM

Panel: The opportunities for, and future of, community legal access

5:25 PM - 6:00 PM

A Mainland Perspective

6:00 PM - 6:05 PM

Closing

About this event

Event lasts 3 hours 30 minutes

Please note that this invitation is for online participation only, as the in-person event is fully booked.

香港社區法律服務 Community Legal Access Forum 2025 : 絕不遺漏一人 No One Left Behind is the second, annual, cross-sector forum about the importance and social impact, status of, and opportunities for accessible and affordable community legal support in Hong Kong SAR.

The Forum convenes leading minds and contributors from the legal, philanthropy, and community sectors to build awareness, initiate discussions, create community, and to foster more connection and partnership to enhance legal support for Hong Kong’s most marginalized communities.

WHY ATTEND?

GAIN INSIGHTS: Hear from experts working to bridge community legal access and service gaps.

BE INSPIRED: Learn about ongoing efforts to improve equitable access to legal support for a more inclusive Hong Kong. Understand the power of law to increase social wellbeing and harmony, and its role in alleviating poverty (SDG 16.3).

FIND SOLUTUONS & PARTNERS: Brainstorm solutions to further enhance community legal access and solutions.

NETWORK: Connect with key actors to forge actionable strategies and deeper partnerships.

Organized by

Equal Justice 平義社

Equal Justice 平義社 is an award-winning, Hong Kong charity that launched in mid-2020 to respond to increasing calls for free legal information and support by disadvantaged people facing legal problems and who did not know where to go - as well to calls from the social welfare charities supporting them. In 4+ years, and thanks to the support of many people, we've helped 2,000 people to resolve their legal problems, launched 1 forum, 2 digital innovation platforms and provided free legal education to over 1,000 attendees. #NeverOurWorkAlone #SDG16.3 #ReduceHardship #MoreEqualAccessToJustice

Community Legal Access in Hong Kong 2025: No One Left Behind 絕 不 遺 漏一人