It was our privilege to have Dr. Danny Gittings, Mr. Andrew Lau and Mr. Alvin Lum present on how the disciplines of law and journalism intersect and complement each other.

Among other things, they discussed how a legal education helps and complements journalistic work; the relevance of a journalistic education and experience to legal education and the practice of law; examples of Hong Kong or international events, the reporting of which benefitted from or could benefit from the expertise of legally educated journalists; and the value of legal education in cultivating journalistic quality and ethics. To close they considered examples of notable lawyer-journalists or journalist-lawyer role models from recent history.