Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2007

Chinese University Bulletin Spring · Summer 2007 Quality The demands which the legal profession place on practitioners have also been changing dramatically, and this calls for a different kind of lawyer. ‘The old knowledge-based style of teaching involved feeding students large amounts of information that they have to absorb and regurgitate. That is recognized throughout the world as a failed model. It does not prepare students to deal with new situations or give them research skills,’ Prof. McConville points out. The new school takes a skills-based approach which enables students to acquire generic skills they can translate to areas they have never before encountered. By equipping them with the ability to make out a case which is reasoned, and to articulate it in a persuasive way, the school prepares students for moving on to other walks of life, such as government service, business, commerce and NGOs. The school also adopts a global approach to teaching as Hong Kong’s basic needs are increasingly drawn upon international practice and trade.