It is the qualification required before entering the legal profession as either a trainee solicitor or pupil barrister. The aim of the PCLL is to prepare students to enter the legal profession as trainee solicitors or as pupil barristers and to learn from experience and instruction so that they may adapt to the professional and social responsibilities they will be expected or required to undertake. Courses are taught in a variety of modes including traditional lectures and tutorials, skills seminars, problem-based learning groups, simulations, demonstrations, field trips and presentations to practitioners and guest lecturers.
Assessment is by way of coursework assessment and final examinations.
Members of the Judiciary and the legal profession also participate on a variety of ways. Students work in groups of about ten persons in their own dedicated group rooms. Particular attention will be paid to training students in practical legal skills, including memoranda and letter writing, drafting documents and pleadings, interviewing, advocacy and negotiating. The application period usually starts in February each year. Copyright 2000, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong.