2025-2026

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Schedule	Course Convenor	Remarks
LLAW6014	18-credit dissertation	1st + 2nd	Introductory session TBC		Capstone
LLAW6022	Advanced research methodology	1st	Tue 1830-2130	Stefano Osella	Designated elective
LLAW6034	Human Rights in Hong Kong	2nd	Thu 1830-2130	PY Lo	Designated elective
LLAW6037	International environmental law	2nd	Fri 1900-2200	Ying Xia	Designated elective
LLAW6046A	Privacy and data protection	1st	Class A - Wed 1900-2200	Adam Au	Designated elective
LLAW6046B	Privacy and data protection	2nd	Class B - Sat 1000-1300	Allan Chiang	Designated elective
LLAW6054	9-credit dissertation	2nd	Introductory session TBC		Capstone
LLAW6058	Armed conflict, humanitarian law and human rights	2nd	Wed 1900-2200	SK Lee	Capstone, Designated elective
LLAW6060	Current Issues in Human Rights	2nd	Tue 1900-2150	Stephanie Biedermann	Capstone, Designated elective
LLAW6063	Equality and non-discrimination	2nd	Thu 1900-2200	Azan Marwah	Capstone, Designated elective
LLAW6068	Human rights: history, theory and politics	2nd	Fri 1900-2200	Stefano Osella	Compulsory
LLAW6070	Human rights in the People's Republic of China	1st	Fri 1500-1800	Hualing Fu	Designated elective
LLAW6072	International and regional protection of human rights	1st	Thu 1830-2130	Vazquez Guevara Valeria	Compulsory
LLAW6073	International protection of refugees and displaced persons	2nd	Wed 1900-2200	Stephanie Biedermann	Capstone, Designated elective
LLAW6109	Public international law	1st	Thu 1830-2130	James Fry	Designated elective
LLAW6144	Rights and remedies in the criminal process	2nd	Mon 1500-1800	Simon Young	Designated elective
LLAW6153	Business and human rights	June	Tentative Mon 0900-1200 [Jun 1, 8, 15, 22] Tue 0900-1200 [Jun 2, 9, 16] Thu 0900-1200 [Jun 4, 11, 18] Sat 0900-1200 [Jun 6, 13]	Surya Deva	Designated elective
LLAW6156	Comparative constitutional law	June	Tentative TBC	Moshe Cohen-Eliya Iddo Porat	Designated elective
LLAW6179	Multiculturalism and the law	2nd	Tue 1900-2200	Puja Paryani	Designated elective
LLAW6182	International organizations	1st	Fri 1900-2200	James Fry	Designated elective
LLAW6215	Seminar on Human Rights and Constitutionalism in Asia	2nd	Wed 1900-2200	Po Jen Yap	Designated elective
LLAW6339	Transitional Justice	2nd	Thu 1900-2200	Vazquez Guevara Valeria	Capstone
LLAW6242	Public interest clinic	1st & 2nd	Class A - Wed 1200-1500 Class B - Tue 0900-1200	Patricia Ho	Capstone, Designated elective
LLAW6274	The beginning and end of life	1st	Thu 1900-2200	Zohar Lederman	Designated elective
LLAW6291	Mental disability and the law	June	Tentative Mon 1400-1700 Jun 15, 22, 29 Mon 1830-2130 Jul 6 Wed 1400-1700 Jun 17, 24 and July 1 Fri 1400-1700 Jun 19, Jun 26 and Jul 3	Daisy Cheung	Designated elective
LLAW6307	Hong Kong National Security Law in comparative perspective	June	Tentative Mon 0900-1200 [Jun 1, 8, 15, 22] Wed 0900-1200 [Jun 3, 10, 17, 24] Thu 0900-1200 [June 5, 12, 19 (Public holiday)]	Han Zhu	Designated elective
LLAW6316	Transnational criminal law	1st	Mon 1900-2200	Simon Young	Designated elective
LLAW6318	Public health ethics and law	2nd	Tue 1900-2200	Eric Ip	Designated elective
LLAW6339	Transitional Justice	2nd	Thu 1900-2200	Vazquez Guevara Valeria	Designated elective

This page is for reference only. For details and updated course information, please refer to the Regulations and Syllabus and the timetable of your programme.

Apart from the course(s) listed as above, students may choose up to two other electives, but listed as Electives on the Course List for the General LLM programme, subject to the course offering and its availability. Please refer to the Student Information System (SIS) in HKU Portal for searching the offering courses. For more instructions, please click here.