Eric T. M. Cheung

Principal Lecturer, Department of Law; Director of Clinical Legal Education, Faculty of Law

Mr. Eric Tat Ming Cheung was born and educated in Hong Kong. Upon his admission as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in October 1989, he worked as a litigation solicitor at Johnson Stokes & Master (now known as Mayor Brown JSM), the largest law firm in Hong Kong. He was admitted as a partner of the same firm in October 1994. He has been teaching law at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong since December 1996. He is also a part-time consultant of ONC Lawyers.

He is currently the Director of Clinical Legal Education in the Faculty and has been in charge of the Clinical Legal Education Course since its introduction in January 2010. Apart from his services through a great number of public and professional bodies, he has contributed significantly to the promotion of the Rule of Law and legal education to the public. He is frequently invited to speak on legal issues by television and radio programmes as well as in newspapers as a recognised legal scholar on the Basic Law and Rule of Law issues. He has acted on a pro bono basis for the defendants in a number of criminal cases.

Specialized Areas: Civil and Criminal Litigation; Buildings and Town Planning; Constitutional Laws

  • etmc@hku.hk
  • Principal Lecturer, Department of Law; Director of Clinical Legal Education, Faculty of Law