:
2.
3.
4.
Society
a
All applicants must file with the Law certificate of good standing from the jurisdiction by reference to which the applicant wishes to be assessed under the Scheme.
Upon admission, a solicitor will be issued a practising certificate subject to the condition that the solicitor shall not practise on his or her own account or in partnership for a period no less than that prescribed as the period of conditional practice designated under or pursuant to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, subject to any waiver that
may be granted under the Ordinance.
Practitioners
the
may pursue the required course of study either before working in a Hong Kong firm or while working in the firm. Should practitioners choose to work while studying, the time spent in a Hong Kong law firm prior to the successful completion of requirements, may count as part of the articles and/or conditional practice.
period of
Comments
This section is aimed at the non-Common Law Lawyer who has had minimal practice experience. The academic course work which they would have to complete covers a nucleus of courses which is currently required in the LL.B. offered in Hong Kong. A conditional practice period is also included.
Note :
Admission in the P.C.LL. at Hong Kong University requires the completion of a LL.B. degree or the CPE with a top up course in Evidence and Company Law.
B: Legal
1.
Practitioners with 5 years or more of active
practice
at
Practitioners who have been admitted in a jurisdiction the law of which is not based upon the Common Law and who, either immediately or recently, for a period of least five years, have been engaged in work similar that usually undertaken by a solicitor in Hong Kong the course of his practice, upon successful completion of, or exemption from, written examination(s) in the following topics:-
Test
to
in
a)
i)
ii)
Conveyancing;
Civil and Criminal Procedure;
iii) Commercial and Company Law;
iv) v)
Accounts; and
Professional Conduct; and
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