不論是你是申請the MJur, MPhil or PhD programmes，你的research proposal 通常應該包含以下內容：

1. Title

對于你的研究，給到一個暫時的題目，之后可以進行修改，如果你的申請被接收了的話

2. Abstract

需要有一個大致不超過100字的摘要告訴讀者你的central question跟research methods

3. Research Context

簡單介紹你的研究背景，概括當前的一些當前話題的爭議或者知識點，這是展示你對當前你的研究話題有一定的了解。

4. Research Questions

需要花一些時間去思考的你的central questions &aims，你想要通過研究回答哪些key questions.

You might find it helpful to prioritize one or two main questions, from which you can then derive a number of secondary research questions.

5. Research Methods

The proposal should outline your research methods, explaining how you are going to conduct your research. Your methods may include visiting particular libraries or archives, field work or interviews. 你需要在你的proposal闡明你將要怎樣進行你的research，是否是library-based, field work 還是interview.

If your proposed research is library-based, you should explain where your key resources (e.g. law reports, journal articles) are located (in the Law School’s library, Westlaw etc). If you plan to conduct field work or collect empirical data, you should provide details about this (e.g. if you plan interviews, who will you interview? How many interviews will you conduct? Will there be problems of access?).

此外你還應該闡明具體的調查步驟

6. Significance of Research

你的research proposal 應該解釋清楚為什么你的研究是重要的以及你的研究是如何建立在現有知識的基礎上的。

7. Bibliography

該research proposal所使用的文獻list