Academic Staff
Amanda Whitfort
Associate Professor
BA (Hons) Monash, LLB Monash, LLM London, Solicitor and Barrister
Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia
Barrister of the High Court of Hong Kong SAR
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Associate Professor Amanda Whitfort BA(Hons)(Monash), LLB(Monash), LLM(London) was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Australia, and has extensive practical experience in criminal law and prosecutions. Before joining the HKU Law Faculty in 2001, she was the Course Director of the PCLL programme of HKU's School of Professional and Continuing Education. She has participated in design of the new PCLL curriculum, and currently leads the Criminal Litigation course. On the PCLL prgramme she has taught Criminal and Civil Procedure, Professional Practice and Advocacy. In 2001 the University of London Convocation Trust awarded her the Bridgid Cotter prize for achieving the highest aggregate on the University's External Masters in Laws. After becoming the first local resident of Hong Kong to pass the Overseas Bar Qualification Examination in 2005, she was admitted to the Hong Kong Bar. In 2009 she commenced teaching Animal Law and Rights, the first internationally focused Animal Law course in Asia.
Specialized Areas: Criminal Law and Procedure, Trial Practice and Advocacy,
Environmental Law (including Animal Law)
Press coverage of Review of Animal Welfare Legislation in Hong Kong
