Blind Hong Kong dissident who fled to Toronto becomes a lawyer in Ontario

Joy Luk, 47, is to be admitted to the profession in Ontario at a ceremony on Monday. She earned a Global Professional Master of Laws at the University of Toronto and passed the bar-admission exams.

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During the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, Luk gave on-the-spot legal advice to demonstrators. She was struck by police, her home was searched repeatedly and she was arrested without charges.

"I was not afraid because I could not see," Luk said of standing at the front of crowds facing police.

— Joy Luk

She took the exams with software that read the text aloud, and asked an AI tool to describe the images some questions required.

And us?

Markham

Ontario

Luk arrived in Toronto in 2021 and works part-time at a law firm in Markham, Ontario. She is grateful for the welcome but dismayed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's push to improve relations with China.

Canada · 19 d ago

Blind Hong Kong dissident who fled to Toronto becomes a lawyer in Ontario

Joy Luk, 47, is to be admitted to the profession in Ontario at a ceremony on Monday. She earned a Global Professional Master of Laws at the University of Toronto and passed the bar-admission exams.

During the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, Luk gave on-the-spot legal advice to demonstrators. She was struck by police, her home was searched repeatedly and she was arrested without charges.

"I was not afraid because I could not see," Luk said of standing at the front of crowds facing police.

She took the exams with software that read the text aloud, and asked an AI tool to describe the images some questions required.

And us? Luk arrived in Toronto in 2021 and works part-time at a law firm in Markham, Ontario. She is grateful for the welcome but dismayed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's push to improve relations with China.

Blind Hong Kong dissident who fled to Toronto becomes a lawyer in Ontario

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