Legal Education Scholarship

[ A ] Legal Education Scholarship

 

LILY FENN & PARTNERS LL.M. SCHOLARSHIP

 

In 2014, Dr. Lily Fenn Education Foundation Limited (the “Foundation”), in partnership with the University of Hong Kong, set up a fund in the sum of HK$3,000,000 to establish the “Lily Fenn & Partners Charitable Foundation LLM Scholarship” (the “Scholarship”) to provide assistance to worthy final year undergraduate, Juris Doctor (JD) or Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) students to pursue an LLM degree. The Scholarship shall be awarded from the academic year 2018-19 under the following revised regulations:

1. The Scholarship shall be known as the “Lily Fenn & Partners LLM Scholarship”.

 

2. Up to 2 scholarship(s) shall be awarded each year to student(s) admitted to read an LLM degree (a) offered by universities overseas (preferably in the United Kingdom) as approved by the Foundation and the Faculty of Law; or (b) under the LLM/MLaw Double Degree Programme jointly offered by the University of Hong Kong and the University of Zurich; or (c) at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (in this case including both full-time and part-time study and both LLM and any specialist stream of LLM). 

 

3.   The Scholarship shall be awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need.  The award of the Scholarship is on the condition that the awardee shall join the solicitor’s branch of the legal profession/shall accept the offer of solicitor’s traineeship contract with Lily Fenn & Partners if it is offered.  The traineeship contract shall commence after the awardee’s completion of the PCLL programme, and may commence before the completion of the LLM degree from the University of Hong Kong if the awardee is to read the LLM degree on a part-time basis. 

 

4.   The exact value of each Scholarship shall be determined by the Selection Committee, but shall not be more than HK$160,000.

 

5.   In the event of there being no suitable applicant in any year, no awards shall be made. 

 

Administrative Arrangements

 

6.   The donation shall be administered by the Finance and Enterprises Office.

 

7.   The Scholarship shall be awarded until the depletion of donation fund.

 

8.   The Scholarship shall be administered by the Faculty of Law and awarded by a Selection Committee comprising: -

 

(i)       The Dean of the Faculty of Law or his nominee (as Chairperson);

(ii)      The Faculty of Law representative on the Board of Academic Awards;

(iii)     Representative(s) of the Foundation; and

(iv)     Any additional members as determined by the Selection Committee from time to time, if any.

 

9. The Faculty of Law shall inform the awardee(s) of the decision of the Selection Committee.
 
10. The award shall be arranged upon receipt of the confirmation of the awardee’s official admission by the university offering the LLM programme.
 
11. The Faculty of Law shall inform the Foundation, Scholarships Office of the Registry and the Finance and Enterprises Office annually of the name of the awardee(s).
 
12. The awardee(s) can read the LLM degree prior to joining the solicitor’s branch of the legal profession/ commencing the solicitor’s traineeship contract with Lily Fenn & Partners, or  within 6 years upon his/her completion of traineeship at Lily Fenn & Partners, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Foundation and the Faculty of Law.  If the awardee has not completed or got admitted to any LLM programme; nor sought the extension by providing a study plan within 6 years of his/her completion of traineeship at Lily Fenn & Partners, the award shall be forfeited.
 
13. To meet future circumstances, the regulations of the Scholarship may be subject to review by mutual agreement between the Foundation and the University. 


Applicants have to return the completed form in one pdf file to lawards@hku.hk  no later than noon of 31st March 2025.

 

 

 


Download the Application Form

 
 
[ B ] Dr. Lily Fenn Prizes for Legal Technologies
 

Dr. Lily Fenn Education Foundation Limited (“the Foundation”), shall kindly donate prizes to the Faculty of Law of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (“CUHK LAW”) with effect from the academic year 2021-22. The prizes are known as “Dr. Lily Fenn Prizes for Legal Technologies”

 

There are 3 annual Prizes worth a total of HK$30,000:

 

(i)      One Prize of HK$10,000 shall be awarded to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws programme of CUHK LAW who achieves the highest overall mark in the course LAWS3456 Legal Technologies in an academic year.

 

(ii)     One Prize of HK$10,000 shall be awarded to a student enrolled in the Juris Doctor programme or the Master of Laws programme of CUHK LAW who achieves the highest overall mark in the course LAWS6089 Legal Technologies in an academic year.

 

(iii)    One Prize of HK$10,000 shall be awarded to a student enrolled in the Postgraduates Certificate in Laws programme of CUHK LAW who achieves the highest overall mark in the course LAWS5025 Legal Practice and Technology in an academic year.

 

In each academic year, the Dean of CUHK LAW will select qualified candidate(s) for each Prize. The particulars of the Prize recipients will be sent to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid for onward transmission to the Foundation for confirmation.

 

Each Prize recipient may also be offered an internship or solicitor’s traineeship contract with Lily Fenn & Partners, Solicitors and Notaries, Hong Kong.