By Ren Xinyi

UIC has newly launched the Online Legal Knowledge Course for students and held a press conference for announcement on 3 Nov. 2021. The non-credit bearing course will be offered to students across UIC on a voluntary basis.

Prof. Wong introduced the newly launched Online Legal Knowledge Course to students.

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“The most students in university, unfortunately, are legally illiterate,” Prof. Wong, the Chief of Student Affairs Office, explaining the prime intention of adding this series course for UIC students. He stated that the course was launched to give a general understanding of the importance of law, enhance their law-abiding spirit, provide information for legal assistance, and arouse students’ interest in studying the law.

Prof. Wong also announced that the school would deliver the course online for the convenience and due to epidemic prevention requirements. Students could visit the online platform and watch the course videos anytime they like.

After his introduction, Prof. Wong was asked several questions, especially from MCOM students. Students gave their ideas about the new course and legal affairs of college students to Prof. Wong.

Xu Kangna, an MCOM student, asking Prof. Wong of how legal education can help students during their busy study lives in UIC.

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The online legal course consists of three parts of videos: Legal Issues for Social Media Users, Legal Awareness ABC, and Law-Abiding Spirit for UIC students.

After the press conference, MCOM students crowded around Prof. Wong and made detailed inquiries. Prof. Wong answered patiently.

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Year 2 MCOM students were also asked to write reports about the press conference as part of their midterm assignment for the Foundations of News and Feature Reporting course.