Ready to go: New York's Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office Director Sarah Wu presents the air ticket to Fordham Law School student Hal Blanchard for his internship in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in New York has secured internship arrangements for two New York law students with the Department of Justice and the Judiciary in Hong Kong.

Columbia Law School's first-year law student Terry Chang will be attached to the Judiciary for six weeks from June 28 to August 6, working for a judge.

Ms Chang will do legal research on a number of areas including human trafficking or other immigration and asylum issues, intellectual property rights, piracy and Article 23 of the Basic Law.

Fordham Law School's second-year law student Hal Blanchard will be attached to the Department of Justice for 10 weeks from June 7 to August 13. He will work with the China Law Unit under the department's Legal Policy Division.

The office's director Sarah Wu hoped the internships will provide first-hand information and facilitate understanding about the judicial and legal systems as well as the rule of law in Hong Kong.