The how-to of law on a single site
With AI, Perry Wong hopes to unravel legal maze for the masses
12 March 2026
Four years ago, Perry Wong Hin-yui found himself at a crossroads deciding what to study at university. He liked finance and technology, but family members encouraged him to pursue more traditional subjects: business, law or medicine.
“I chose law in the end, but that didn’t mean my interest in technology was gone,” says the young man, now freshly graduated from CUHK‘s Faculty of Law. Indeed, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) just as he was delving into the intricacies of law planted in him the idea of melding the two, and he set to work with friends developing a chatbot, Lawlipop.AI, that could provide preliminary legal guidance at a low cost to the layman. His outstanding work drew the attention of United College and earned him the Xin Min Scholarship in October 2025, the school’s highest honour for all-round excellence.
Four years, infinite latitude
United College was a natural choice when Perry entered CUHK. “I picked UC due to its many advantages: scholarships, exchange opportunities, hostel life and rich alumni network.” It proved to be a four-year adventure of participating in myriad college activities: from lunches where he mingled with law alumni, to college sports day, where he cheered on hostel mates at track-and-field events.
Hostel life was particularly memorable. Perry remembers his time living in Chan Chun Ha Hostel with fondness. “I quite liked studying and staying in my room – I even decorated it myself.” He also relished how the warden of the hostel, Professor Vivian Lee, would organise events such as picnic days, and the nights when hostel dwellers were allowed to go up to her room and pat her pets to de-stress.
Off campus, the college’s many exchange programmes brought him far and wide. During his last summer as an undergraduate, Perry visited the University of Oxford for a fortnight as part of the Advanced Level British Culture Studies Programme and got to experience the British tertiary education scene. But the real eye-opener was an earlier trip that summer, when he went to the University of Warsaw in Poland to attend a global conference of law students – only to find all of them far more senior than him.
“I had signed up foolhardily, and it wasn’t until my arrival that I realised I was the sole undergraduate at the conference. Everyone else was a postgraduate or had a PhD.” Although he felt the pressure of being the only CUHK representative, his presentation on generative AI and its use in the law profession was received warmly by attendees. Through the conference’s other panel discussions, he learnt much more about a diversity of topics, such as gun control in the United States and the legal systems of different countries. “It was an unforgettable honour to interact with these professionals, and to earn their approval,” he says.
AI for the people
Perry’s continuing fascination with the intersection of technology and law opened his eyes to a trend while he was still taking his bachelor’s degree. “In Hong Kong, most AI tools used by the legal profession are for lawyers,” he says. “The tools mainly assist them with daily tasks: paperwork, drafting contracts and the like. But there aren’t any tools that can help citizens.” In his observation, people who want legal aid often shy away from the confusing jargon, procedural complexities and high consultation fees; even when they are in dire need of help, the process may prove so daunting that they do not know where to begin.
Perry’s chatbot aims to help people navigate this tricky legal landscape. Lawlipop.AI guides users on possible avenues of recourse, for example if one has accidentally bought a fake product. “Our AI chatbot will teach you what to do step by step: how to contact customs, what information to give, what documentation you need, and so on.” He adds that the chatbot will not be qualified to dispense actual legal advice, and will remind users to look for a lawyer if needed.
Although many see AI as an existential threat, Perry does not see this happening, at least not in his profession. For him, the possibility of large language models replacing human professionals is not on the horizon. He has written an essay on the use of AI in law, published in the Hong Kong Student Law Gazette in 2025, which says that the technology’s inability to “consistently provide accurate information” makes it an unreliable tool in the field.
With the technology still developing at an accelerated pace since his essay, is he holding on to the view that it is incapable of taking over lawyers? “I would say that AI can be something of a co-pilot: it can assist lawyers in summarising judgments, correcting grammar, things like that. It’s a very good tool, and might help the lawyer come up with good ideas, but it can’t replace them just yet,” he explains.
Young and brimming with dreams
Lawlipop.AI has had an encouraging start, successfully raising HK$100,000 during its first month in 2023 through business pitches, and establishing a partnership with Microsoft’s startup support programme. Perry has higher expectations for the chatbot, hoping to ensure greater legal accuracy of the AI system before releasing it more widely. “We want to fine-tune the system with a group of law professionals and with AI experts. Then we’ll start thinking about scaling up and putting it on the market.”
Currently, Perry is finishing his Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) studies, and has signed a contract to commence as a trainee solicitor this August. But he is keeping his options open: “The conference in Poland has piqued my interest in academia,” he says. He remains invested in technology and its applications. “I know some lawyers become professors later in life, and I do wonder whether that’s a path I might take. Perhaps I could share my thoughts on the connection between AI and law in an academic environment.” To where his curiosity takes him next, the possibilities go on.
By Chamois Chui
Photos by Yau Hung Kee
