Mode of Studies
The Full-time Mode
The full-time PCLL programme is normally completed over one year commencing from September and ending in June in the following year.
The HKU PCLL programme provides typical transactional knowledge and fundamental skills training to all students with a degree of specialization.
Cores, Electives and Pervasives
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Compulsory Core Practice Areas focusing on essential procedural and transactional knowledge and skills;
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Elective Practice Areas with specific focus so that students can receive training which is better suited to their interest and career choices, and the diverse needs of different sectors of the profession can be better provided for;
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Pervasive subjects including Professional Practice and Management with introduction by way of separate and distinct large group sessions followed by issues integrated into small group practice sessions.
Up-to-date PCLL Regulations and Syllabuses can be downloaded here for your reference.
Fundamental and complex skills
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A key set of fundamental lawyering skills which are non-practice specific but are building blocks for the practice of other (more complex) skills.
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More complex lawyering skills taught in the context of specific practice areas (in Cores and/or in Electives).
The Part-time Mode
The part-time PCLL programme will normally be completed over two years.
This programme is well suited for people who wish to study the PCLL while continuing with their working lives.
Students need to attend two to three evening classes (normally 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) on weekdays, and occasional classes on Saturday afternoons. There might also be some scheduled court visits, assessments and other learning activities during the daytime on weekdays.
The part-time PCLL curriculum is identical to that of the full-time PCLL, except for the duration. The first year of the part-time curriculum is equivalent to the full-time PCLL’s first semester, and the second year of the part-time curriculum is equivalent to the full-time PCLL’s second semester.
