The Faculty encourages students to take AS liberal studies as a good background to the study of law and you will receive a supplementary weighting in the selection process for the LLB programme if you pass that subject. You may also be invited to attend interviews. While academic results are the main criteria for selection, consideration may also be given to reports from school principals and performance at interviews. After the PCLL, to become a solicitor one must spend two years as a trainee solicitor in a firm, or in the Department of Justice, while prospective barristers must do 12 months of pupillage. Admission to the PCLL offered by the Faculty of Law is open to law graduates of this University and other approved universities and similar institutions in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Admission is competitive.
The selection criteria currently taken into account include the standard and origin of the applicant's first degree in law, with preference being given to holders of LLB degrees of this University with first or second-class Honours. English language ability is another factor that may be taken into account. The LLB degree has also been recognised by professional bodies and universities overseas. The Law Society of England accepts it for exemptions from Part 1 of the Common Professional Examination, and exemptions may also be granted from certain papers in Part 1 of the Bar Final Examinations in England. Law graduates of the University often go on to study for higher degrees at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, London, Stanford and many others.