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4.

as

to

the period of conditional practice under or pursuant the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, subject to any waiver that may be granted under the Ordinance.

Practitioners

may sit for the required Test examination (s) either before working in a Hong Kong firm or while working in the firm. Should practitioners choose to work while preparing for the Test examination(s), the time spent in a Hong Kong law firm prior to the successful completion of the Test examination(s) may, upon admission, count as part of the period of conditional practice.

Comments

This section would permit Common Law lawyers admission to the profession upon completion of from 1-4 examinations. Practical experience could serve as an alternative qualification and an exemption may be granted. A period of limited practice would be consistent with restrictions now placed on newly qualified solicitors in Hong Kong and would serve as a period of adaptation before the solicitor could practise either as a partner or a sole practitioner.

Category 2 Non

-

Common Law Jurisdictions

with less than 5 years of active

A: Legal Practitioners

1.

practice

Practitioners who have been admitted to practice in jurisdictions the law of

which is not based upon the

Common Law and who have completed the following:-

a) one year of full-time study (or the equivalent) in Contracts, Tort, Property, Criminal Law, Equity, Constitutional and Administrative Law (e.g. the CPE course);

completion of the P.C.LL.; and

b)

c)

a period of articles

exceeding 3 years,

and/or active practice not

may be admitted.

Note:

Formal training as

possible

would be required by the study and the completion

one year full-time of the P.C.LL. is preferred. If this is not then a series of exams in the LL.B. as well as the Transfer Test and an oral exam will be required.

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