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Equal Justice Hong Kong and Splash Foundation
About Equal Justice 平義社
Equal Justice 平義社 is an award-winning, Hong Kong charity that launched in mid-2020 in response to increasing calls for free legal information and support by disadvantaged people facing legal problems.
We exist to reduce the poverty, illness, stress and other hardships experienced when people cannot afford, or otherwise access, legal information and support. Where would you go for legal help if you did not know any lawyers and had no money to pay for a private lawyer?
Our 4-year pilot has exceeded expectations. Our community legal centre is overflowing, even without advertising. Demand shot up 80% in 2022, by a further 40% in 2023 and the first half of 2024 saw us helping @80% of all the people we helped in the whole of 2023. It’s never our work alone, however. We partner with over 200 lawyers, 90 law firms, barristers’ chambers and in-house legal teams, as well as with over 50 NGOs to bridge the access to justice poverty gap through:
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A Community Legal Centre where we provide free, face-to-face legal information and support, and referrals to lawyers and counsellors. We have helped almost 2,000 people so far and have provided free legal education to @1,000. Our first, digital legal platform, PAT: Pregnant@Work won the 2022 ALITA Legal Tech for Good Award; and
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CLIX: an online lawyer-NGO matching platform, in partnership with two other NGOs. Launched in May 2023, it has already matched 180 requests for legal advice to lawyers willing to help for free. CLIX was a finalist in the 2023 ALITA Legal Tech for Good Awards. In June 2024, the inaugural CLIX Pro Bono Services Excellence Awards celebrated the most engaged pro bono barrister, local law firm and international law firms.
Equal Justice 平義社 is a referring agency under The Duty Lawyer Free Legal Advice Scheme. We are also authorised by the Hong Kong Bar Association to instruct counsel directly for the purposes of obtaining legal advice.
CONTACTS
Janice Ng, Business Management & Business Development, Equal Justice: janice.ng@equaljustice.org
Chloe Fenech, Public Relations, Equal Justice: chloe.fenech@equaljustice.org
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Office: 5329 2115 I Client hotline: Call/Whatsapp 9321 8483 I WeChat ID: Equaljusticehk
About Splash Foundation
Splash Foundation creates opportunities for kids and adults from disadvantaged communities to experience the transformative impact of learning to swim and to enjoy lifelong access to the water.
Our work is centred around three key strategies. We design and deliver learn to swim programmes that are inclusive, fun and effective. We train, empower and connect people who know how to swim - including our beneficiaries - with people who want to learn. And we build awareness about learning to swim as a life skill and vehicle for personal growth, resiliency, wellbeing and connection. By improving access to swimming, we enhance wellbeing and ignite long term change in the community. Our beneficiaries include: migrant domestic workers, children and parents from low income families, and children with special educational needs. By 2030, Splash Foundation aims to teach 25,000 people how to swim.
We are honoured to be chosen as beneficiaries of this year's Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball alongside Equal Justice Hong Kong. The support of the law community, exemplified by Herbert Smith Freehills, A&O Shearman, Mayer Brown, and The Law Society Swimming Team, has been instrumental to our work over the years. Their sponsorship of programmes, hours volunteered as coaches, and enthusiastic participation in events like our Splash Dash Relay have helped hundreds access our swimming programs. Thank you for championing our vision that everyone can swim.
