Welcome to CLIX
Hong Kong's ‘Law for Good’ matching portal
CLIX connects lawyers willing to provide pro bono legal advice and help, to community impact organisations that need legal support for themselves and their client beneficiaries.
A win-win for community legal access.
Reducing hardship. Alleviating poverty.
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Get involved!
Need help
Community impact organisations - does your organisation and/or the people you help need legal support? Please click on the button below.
Give help
Lawyers - do you or your firm want to do good and provide pro bono legal support? Please register by clicking on the button, below. Once you’ve registered, you can access the portal here.
Donate
As community impact organisations ourselves, our work is powered by donations. We need and heartily welcome your support. Every little bit helps, whether that is from you personally, or from your firm, chambers or company. Thank you!
.About CLIX
ABOUT CLIX
CLIX is a digital portal that connects pro bono lawyers with community impact organisations (and their clients) who need legal support. Developed by Justice Connect, CLIX is brought to Hong Kong by PILnet & Equal Justice. CLIX was recognized as a finalist in the ALITA Awards 2023 for Outstanding Legal Innovation & Technology for Good.
WHY WE STARTED
Many community impact organisations struggle to find lawyers willing to help them for free.
Lawyers want to help but struggle to find suitable pro bono opportunities.
VISION
A happier Hong Kong where everyone has access to the legal information and support they need, and where Hong Kong lawyers can readily access pro bono opportunities to use their skills and knowledge to do good.
MISSION
A digital legal services brokerage solution for underserved people, and the community impact organisations that help them. CLIX is on a mission to strengthen Hong Kong’s pro bono ecosystem to ensure that disadvantaged people can access legal information and support.
What type of help is provided?
Organisation support
This can include any legal need faced by the organisation, for example setting up a legal entity, preparing articles of association, drafting policies and board terms of reference, preparing employment handbooks and contracts, reviewing website terms and policies, conducting a governance audit and investigations.
Client beneficiary support
CLIX helps the individual clients of community impact organisations to solve their legal problems. We provide disadvantaged people with legal access and support to tackle legal problems like employment, family law, crime, housing and immigration.
Other support
CLIX can provide other support, including preparing legal updates and briefing notes, delivering legal training for staff and clients, undertaking background research for public policy consultations and conducting comparative legal research.
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How does CLIX work?
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1. Submit request
Community impact organisation submits a request for legal support for itself or a client
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2. Review
Requests are reviewed by PILnet or Equal Justice before being posted on the Portal.
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3. Express interest
Lawyers receive notifications of opportunities and can express their interest
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4. Conflict check
Law firm performs internal conflict check to see if they can accept the legal request
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5. Match
If there are no conflicts or objections, a match is made
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6. Resolve request
The lawyer/law firm works with the impact organisation or client directly, outside CLIX
Benefits of CLIX
Society
Hong Kong’s community legal access and pro bono ecosystems are significantly enhanced.
Hong Kong advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 16 ‘equal access to justice for all’, as well as all the other goals, depending on the mission and focus of the impact organisation being helped.
Crucial data is generated that can be shared within the community, offering key insights into legal access needs and solutions.
Community Impact Organisations
Community impact organisations can access legal support quickly and easily by advertising pro bono opportunities on CLIX in real time, to a wide range of legal service providers.
Technical upkeep, so often a deterrent to understaffed and underfunded organisations, will be handled by the CLIX Team.
No longer needing to find, develop and maintain their own legal support network, the organisation saves time and money, allowing them to focus on providing critical services.
Client beneficiaries
Disadvantaged and vulnerable people receive the legal information and support they need and are empowered to understand, manage and solve their legal problems.
Lawyers
Lawyers enjoy a more efficient and consistent experience when looking to use their professional skills to do good.
With access to a wide variety of potential pro bono opportunities, clients, organisations and social issues, they will save time finding opportunities to use their skills and knowledge to help the community.
More lawyers will be encouraged to support the community and, those who need to, can find opportunities to complete their required pro bono hours.
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Testimonials & Case Stories
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Do get in touch!
Need legal help? Want to give legal help?
There are multiple ways to get in touch with us:
Email to hello@clixhk.org