To undertake work for the Department of Justice relating to enhancing and promoting Hong Kong’s status as an international legal hub for deal-making and dispute resolution (including work on the initiative of Vision 2030 for Rule of Law and related work), which includes but not limited to

• (a)organising promotional and capacity building events in Hong Kong, Mainland or overseas;
• (b)conducting public education and engagement activities; and
• (c)conducting legal research and studies, and prepare research notes in English (or, when so required, in Chinese).

Candidate should –

• (a)
  • (i)be solicitors with at least three years’ professional experience since admission in Hong Kong or any one of the recognised jurisdictions as stipulated under Section 2A and Schedule 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87); or
  • (ii)be barristers with at least four years’ professional experience since attaining the right to full practice in Hong Kong or any one of the recognised jurisdictions as stipulated under Section 2A and Schedule 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87); or
  • (iii)be foreign lawyers registered under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159) with at least three years’ professional experience; and
• (b)have attained Level 2 or above in English Language and Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) or Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or equivalent

(Note: For non-civil service appointment purpose, ‘Grade E’ in English Language (Syllabus B) and Chinese Language in HKCEE before 2007 is accepted administratively as comparable to ‘Level 2’ in English Language and Chinese Language in the 2007 HKCEE and henceforth. Candidates who do not possess the requisite Chinese language proficiency may also be appointed subject to the operational needs of the Department.