An analysis of the law major of the University of Hong Kong
The differences between the legal systems of Hong Kong and the Mainland have made a large number of mainland legal talents suspicious and unwilling to apply for further study in Hong Kong. Because of this restriction, some local law students in Hong Kong see challenges and opportunities. With their familiarity with the legal knowledge of the two places, they performed well in interviews and internships, thus winning the favor of international law firms. Before graduation, he signed a contract and was fully funded by the company to continue his studies. He is moving towards becoming a practicing lawyer in Hong Kong. They are not only employed with a generous income of tens of thousands of yuan per month, but also can fill the vacancy of legal knowledge talents in the two places.
At present, only the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong offer legal courses. After graduation, students still have to complete a two-year internship and perform well before they are allowed to practice as lawyers in Hong Kong.
Not only law students in Hong Kong, but also many graduate students who have finished prestigious schools in Britain. If they want to be lawyers, their best choice is Hong Kong, not Britain. Because even law graduate students in Oxford and Cambridge find it difficult to find a job in Britain. To be a lawyer in Hong Kong, you must be a law major, and graduate students must be law students. However, Hong Kong law graduates only recruit law graduates, so your major must be law, and then you must have a first-class bachelor's degree before you can apply for law graduates in Hong Kong. Law is a very strict major, so Hong Kong has strict requirements for this major!
Many mainland undergraduates choose to study LLM (Master of Laws) in Hong Kong, which is not as competitive as JD. Theoretically, they will interview candidates, and do not rule out the possibility of taking a written test on the spot during the interview. However, these application processes are not standardized. So it is difficult to give you advice on how to prepare. The selection of talents attaches great importance to professional commitment and academic potential. What you need to show in the materials is not only your beautiful past achievements, but also your motivation and academic interest in studying law, which are valuable reference information for studying law graduate degree. But if you are a read-only major, you can't be a lawyer in Hong Kong. You must pass PCLL, and the condition for only taking PCLL books is that the LLB or JD score of the common law system must reach 2 upper honor. If you only have LLM, you can't get legal photos.
At present, only the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong offer legal courses. If you study in Hong Kong, you still need to complete a two-year internship as a trainee lawyer after obtaining the bachelor's degree and professional certificate of these three universities or the bachelor's degree and postgraduate certificate of the City University of Hong Kong. After good performance, you are allowed to practice as a lawyer in Hong Kong.
Students studying law in Hong Kong can be admitted as barristers after obtaining the above bachelor's degree and certificate and completing the six-month internship. But if you want to practice, you have to practice for another 6 months (during which you can practice as a barrister in a limited scope). Law graduates from other universities can obtain the qualification of barrister or lawyer in Hong Kong through the following ways: first, they can obtain the certificate of legal specialty/postgraduate certificate, and then they can work as interns for two years or as interns for one year; Having passed or been exempted from the overseas lawyer qualification examination, and having obtained the lawyer qualification after being admitted, meeting the practice requirements; Or pass the barrister qualification examination and complete the prescribed barrister internship period.