HOW TO GET YOUR RME HOURS WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN HONG KONG (OR DON’T WANT TO GO TO AN OVERSUBSCRIBED COURSE!)
The Law Society of Hong Kong has a requirement for all legal professionals to complete 3 hours of RME elective courses on a yearly basis after completing the Core Course(s) for their category of legal professional. Most legal professionals, whether Solicitor, Non-Principal Solicitor, Principal Solicitor, Registered Foreign Lawyers and Trainee Solicitors are limited by time in Hong Kong. Online CPD and Online RME courses are a relatively new product in the Hong Kong legal market. For many years, legal professionals in Hong Kong have been required to queue up for live courses provided by the Law Society of Hong Kong or at local training providers in inconvenient locations. These courses are typically difficult to access due to long queues, can be irrelevant to their legal practices, not good value for money, and unfortunately, not terribly engaging. Legal Beagle was launched in 2017 to address these problems with live training in Hong Kong. Working with...