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MICHAEL LOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3296\" class=\"elementor elementor-3296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bb2482 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7bb2482\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c02bdd2\" data-id=\"c02bdd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e4f7be0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e4f7be0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b74a660\" data-id=\"b74a660\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc807e0 people_back elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fc807e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt;  People<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27902158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27902158\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d155623\" data-id=\"4d155623\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac48dcb people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac48dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROF. MICHAEL LOWER<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232928ce people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232928ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professional Consultant<br \/>Associate Professor of Practice in Law<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-beae1b7 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"beae1b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd73895\" data-id=\"bd73895\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 3943 1112<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53cbbd96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53cbbd96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 2994 2505<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ffd22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ffd22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:michael.lower@cuhk.edu.hk\">michael.lower@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb9ea62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eb9ea62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Room 636<br>Faculty of Law<br>6\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<br>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<br>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-41c692c1 people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41c692c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d884b16\" data-id=\"7d884b16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27291940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27291940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Lower&#8217;s main interests are in the fields of land law, higher education (especially legal education) and social ethics. He currently teaches land law and is carrying out research projects looking at the ownership of the family home and at the creation of communities of inquiry in legal education. He has also conducted research looking at employee participation in corporate governance from the legal and social ethics perspectives. Michael was Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) from August 2017 to August 2019. He was also formerly Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies) and the LLB programme director in the Faculty of Law at CUHK. He has extensive teaching and research supervision experience. Michael was one of the recipients of the Faculty\u2019s Teaching Excellence Awards in 2020. Michael co-organises the Faculty\u2019s Property Law seminar series and Teaching and Learning seminar series as well as the binennial Directions in Legal Education conference.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99235e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99235e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ebc4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5ebc4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>LL.B. (Hons) University of Manchester<\/li><li>M. Phil. University of Manchester<\/li><li>Solicitor (non-practising) of England and Wales<\/li><li>Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (United Kingdom)<\/li><li>Ph.D. Lancaster University<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b8aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96b8aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d91b7cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d91b7cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Property Law<\/li><li>Legal education<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e276f1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e276f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a41e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a41e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Association of Law Teachers (UK)<\/li><li>British Educational Research Association<\/li><li>Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia<\/li><li>The Law Society (England and Wales)<\/li><li>Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f0dad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f0dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190fb18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"190fb18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Books<\/p><ul><li>Employee participation in corporate governance. A legal and ethical analysis, (Cambridge University Press, 2010) (paperback edition published in 2019)<\/li><li>Principles of Equity and Trusts Law in Hong Kong, with Lawrence Ma (LexisNexis, 2009)<\/li><\/ul><p>Articles and chapters<\/p><ul><li>Bligh, B. et<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>al,\u00a0\u00a0\u2018<\/span>Technology and educational \u201cpivoting\u201d in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: A collected commentary\u2019, (2022) Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21428\/8c225f6e.e946d39b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21428\/8c225f6e.e946d39b<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018Communities of inquiry pedagogy in undergraduate courses\u2019, (2022) The Law Teacher, DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03069400.2022.2075109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1080\/03069400.2022.2075109<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018The communities of inquiry pedagogy in higher education\u2019, (2021) Academia Letters, Article 268.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.20935\/AL268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.20935\/AL268<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018<em>Luo Xing Juan v Estate of Hui Shui See<\/em>: Promissory estoppel where the family home is owned by a company\u2019, [2019] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 274 \u2013 279<\/li><li>\u2018From student as producer to student as consumer\u2019,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.herdsa.org.au\/publications\/herdsa-news\/herdsa-connect-vol-41-no-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> HERDSA Connect (2019) 41(3) p, 27<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018<em>Liden v Burton<\/em>: Proprietary estoppel and the family home\u2019, [2018] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 84 \u2013 91<\/li><li>\u2018Marriage and the acquisition of a beneficial interest in the family home in Hong Kong\u2019, [2016] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 453 \u2013 465<\/li><li>\u2018The\u00a0<em>Pallant v Morgan<\/em>\u00a0equity\u2019 [2012] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 379 \u2013 386<\/li><li>\u2018The constructive trust: from common intention to relationship?<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Kerr v Baranow<\/em>\u2019 [2011] Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 515 \u2013 521<\/li><li>\u2018<em>Bruton v London<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Quadrant Housing Trust<\/em>. Opening Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019, (2011) 22 King\u2019s Law Journal 403 \u2013 413<\/li><li>Landlord and Tenant\u2019 in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts\u00a0<\/em>(Hong Kong<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>London Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell, 2010)<\/li><li>\u201cUsing podcasts to support students in a land law class\u201d, (with Keith Thomas and Annisa Ho) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on e-learning<\/li><li>\u201cThe Bruton tenancy\u201d, (2010) 1 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 38 \u2013 56.<\/li><li>\u201cChristian anthropology and the theory of the firm\u201d, (2008) 5 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 413 \u2013 435<\/li><li>\u201cJohn Paul II and Employee Participation in Corporate Governance\u201d, (2007) 21 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy 111 \u2013 158<\/li><li>\u201cSubsidiarity and employee participation in Corporate Governance\u201d, (2005) 2 Journal of Catholic Social Thought 431 \u2013 461<\/li><li>\u201c57 Channels and Nothing On\u201d, (2003) 12 Information<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Communication Technology Law 147 \u2013 162<\/li><li>\u201cThe Modernising Company Law White Paper and SMEs\u201d, Sweet<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>&amp;<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Maxwell Special Report (2003)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Regulation of Intra-Group Transactions\u201d in The Reform of United Kingdom Company Law, J. de Lacy (ed), (Cavendish Publishing, London, 2002)<\/li><li>\u201cLimited liability for small, closely-held businesses\u201d, (2000) 22 Liverpool Law Review 1 \u2013 12<\/li><li>\u201cGood faith and the partly-owned subsidiary\u201d, [2000] Journal of Business Law 232 \u2013 253.<\/li><li>\u201cJoint Ventures\u201d in Regulating Enterprise: Law and Business Organisations in the UK, D. Milman (ed). (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 1999)<\/li><\/ul><p>Presentations<\/p><ul><li>\u2018Consequential transitions and undergraduate legal education: Implications for teaching and assessment\u2019, Directions in Legal Education, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 10 \u2013 11 June 2022<\/li><li>\u2018The communities of inquiry pedagogy and the professional development of legal educators\u2019, Directions in Legal Education, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 10 \u2013 11 June 2022<\/li><li>\u2018Going Digital \u2013 Developing a Virtual Teaching and Learning Strategy\u2019, Teaching and Learning seminar, Faculty of Law, CUHK, 26 May 2022<\/li><li>\u2018Adverse possession cases in 2022\u2019, Property Law seminar, Faculty of Law, CUHK, 16 March 2022<\/li><li>\u2018Developing students\u2019 writing skills in undergraduate teaching\u2019 Teaching and Learning seminar, Faculty of Law, CUHK, 9 February 2022<\/li><li>\u2018Equity and the enforcement of informal land contracts in Hong Kong\u2019, Association of Law, Property and Society, 29 May 2021.<\/li><li>\u2018Collaborative inquiry-based learning at the heart of undergraduate teaching\u2019 (with Vivian Chen) Teaching and Learning Expo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30 July 2020.<\/li><li>\u2018Students as producers: student-led, collaborative, inquiry-based learning\u2019 (with Vivian Chen) Directions in Legal Education, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18 \u2013 20 June 2020.<\/li><li>\u2018Students as producers: student-led, collaborative, inquiry-based learning\u2019, 42nd Annual HERDSA Conference, University of Auckland (2 \u2013 5 July 2019)<\/li><li>\u2018Forming a community of inquiry in an undergraduate course\u2019 41st Annual HERDSA Conference, Adelaide (2 \u2013 5 July 2018)<\/li><li>\u2018Forming a community of inquiry in an undergraduate course\u2019, The Association of Law Teachers Conference, Keele University (17 \u2013 18 March 2018)<\/li><li>\u2018Student control of the means of knowledge production\u2019, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Teaching and Learning Expo, 16 December 2016<\/li><li>\u2018Learning in collaborative groups\u2019, Teaching and Learning seminar, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 28 October 2016<\/li><li>\u2018Blended learning: Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry\u2019, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 June 2016<\/li><li>\u2018Blended learning: Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry\u2019, Directions in Legal Education. Conference on Teaching and Learning in Law. Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4 June 2016<\/li><li>\u2018Ownership of the family home\u2019, Land Law Conversation, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 29 April 2016 (organised by the Asian Institute of International Financial Law)<\/li><li>\u2018The rights and duties of property owners under the BMO and DMC\u2019, Building Safety Symposium, 22 April 2016 (organised by the Buildings Department)<\/li><li>\u2018Ownership of the family home\u2019, Research Seminar, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 March 2016<\/li><li>\u2018Using Blackboard to create a Community of Inquiry\u2019, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Teaching and Learning Expo, 16th December 2015<\/li><\/ul><p>Book Reviews<\/p><ul><li>\u201cNational corporate law in a globalised market\u201d by David Milman (2010) 2 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues<\/li><li>\u201cWorking within two kinds of capitalism. Corporate governance and employee stakeholding. US and EC perspectives\u201d, by Irene Lynch Fannon, (2003) 3 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 435 \u2013 438<\/li><\/ul><p>Working Papers<\/p><ul><li>Natural Law and Agency Theory (29 March 2006). Available at SSRN:<a href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=894040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=894040<\/a><\/li><li>The Corporation: Reality or Fiction? (20 January 2009). Available at SSRN:<a href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1330303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1330303<\/a><\/li><li>Employee participation in corporate governance: an ethical analysis (20th May 2009). Available at<a href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1408360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1408360<\/a><\/li><li>Some of these are available at<a href=\"http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/michael_lower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/michael_lower\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Blog and SCMP articles<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hklandlaw.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a link to Michael Lower\u2019s Hong Kong land law blog.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/author\/michael-lower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for links to articles written for the SCMP<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6592a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d6592a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">TEACHING AND LEARNING GRANTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be217a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be217a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Co-Principal Investigator, Courseware Development Grant awarded by CUHK for Developing students\u2019 collaborative skills \u2013 micro-modules during the period 2018-03 to 201902 for the sum of HKD 94,956.00<\/li><li>Co-Principal Investigator, Teaching Development and Learning Enhancement Grant awarded by CUHK for Online and blended problem based learning pilot project during the period 2018-03 to 2019-06 for the sum of HKD 599,100.00<\/li><li>Principal Investigator, Teaching Development and Learning Enhancement Grant awarded by CUHK for Learn with a purpose: Forging a community of inquiry in an undergraduate law course during the period 2017-11 to 2019-06 for the sum of HKD 66,300.00<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54bdb6f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54bdb6f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b190def\" data-id=\"5b190def\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54795bcd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54795bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; People PROF. 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