MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1991
TODAY'S LAWYER A PERSON OF MANY SKILLS: AG
TODAY'S LAWYER MUST BE MORE THAN A MERE REPOSITORY FOR LEGAL KNOWLEDGE BUT BE PART SOCIAL
A WORKER,
GOOD AWARE, AND BOSS, SOCIALLY BUSINESS-MINDED, A GOOD ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
COMMUNICATOR, LEADER, THE
OF THE TERRITORY'S SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE LAUNCH SECOND POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS PROGRAMME (PCLL) IN POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, MR MATHEWS SAID TODAY'S PERSON OF MANY PARTS, OF MANY SKILLS.
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THE CITY LAWYER MUST BE A
"THE PCLL COURSE OFFERS A VITAL INTRODUCTION TO MANY SKILLS AND QUALITIES.
OF THESE
"MANY OF THE ELEMENTS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE CITY POLYTECHNIC'S PCLL COURSE, AS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S SIMILAR COURSE, NECESSARY TO ARE DESIGNED TO EQUIP OUR YOUNG LAWYERS WITH THE SKILLS
AND ALSO PRACTISE LAW IN A HIGHLY COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED SOCIETY
DEVELOPMENT OF HONG TO PLAY THEIR PART TO THE FULL IN THE CONTINUED KONG, HE SAID.
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MATHEWS SAID:
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MR LAWYER, ON THE QUALITIES THAT MADE TODAY'S "THE LAWYER MUST, NATURALLY, HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE NOT JUST THE LAW OF THE TEXTBOOK AND THE LECTURE HALL, BUT THE LAW IT IS IN SOCIETY IN ACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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"THE LAWYER MUST BE ASTUTE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF CLIENTS AND TO SEEK FOR A SOLUTION TO CLIENTS' PROBLEMS IN THE LAW.
HAVING THE WORRIES AND ANXIETIES OF
"THE LAWYER MUST BE SOMETHING OF A SOCIAL WORKER ABILITY AND THE SYMPATHY TO DEAL WITH THE CLIENTS."
MR MATHEWS SAID THE LAWYER SHOULD BE A GOOD COMMUNICATOR WHO
ITS WORKED, WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO CLIENTS HOW THE LAW AND HOW THE LAW COULD HELP THEM,
LIMITATIONS,
KNOWING How to
HOW "THE LAWYER SHOULD HAVE GOOD BUSINESS SKILLS,
MÅDE RUN WHOSE BUSINESSES EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS WELL AS WHAT BUSINESS TICK IN HONG KONG, AND ELSEWHERE.
WITH AN MAKE THEM GIVE
"THE LAWYER SHOULD BE SKILLED IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ABILITY TO ATTRACT, MOTIVATE AND ENCOURAGE STAFF AND THEIR BEST," HE SAID.
THAT TODAY'S
OF. AND INTEREST IN, LEGAL
TO THIS LONG LIST OF QUALITIES, MR MATHEWS ADDED MODERN LAWYER SHOULD HAVE AN AWARENESS DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
"THOSE OF US WHO PRACTISE LAW IN HONG KONG CANNOT
IGNORE WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
THE DEVELOPMENT
"TODAY'S LAWYER CAN ALSO PLAY A VITAL PART IN OF LAW IN HONG KONG AND IN THE STRENGTHENING OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, HE SAID.
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