In order to meet the entrance requirements for admission to the PCLL, the following regulations apply:

1. Your main law qualification must include the following six Core Subjects:
   • Contract
   • Tort
   • Constitutional Law
   • Criminal Law
   • Land Law
   • Equity
2. You also need to have completed a further 5 Core Subjects either within your law qualification or via a pass in the HK PCLL Conversion Examinations for PCLL Admission:
   • Civil Procedure (before 2021)
   • Criminal Procedure (before 2021)
   • Commercial Law
   • Evidence
   • Business Associations
3. You are also required to complete the following Top-up Subjects:
   • Hong Kong Constitutional Law
   • Hong Kong Legal System
   • Hong Kong Land Law

PCLL Conversion Examinations will be held in January and June each year to enable applicants to meet the requirements for admission to the PCLL in September.  Applicants may elect to attempt any number of examinations at any given session. There are no restrictions on the numbers of attempts an applicant may register for in respect of any of the examinations. Applicants who wish to attempt the Conversion Examinations should submit a completed Examination Registration Form (Form B) together with a cheque or bank draft made out to “PCLL Conversion Examination and Administration Limited” for the appropriate examination fee to the PCLL Conversion Examination Board c/o PCLL Conversion Examination and Administration Limited. It is students’ responsibility to ensure that their applications reach the office before the deadline.

Students who did not get any partial exemption for Commercial Law are required to sit the whole subject in one sitting. Students who have failed partially in previous sitting(s) are only required to apply for the failed part(s) at a later examination session. Students who have already been granted partial exemption for Commercial Law can apply for such examination in parts. Examination Registration Fees are not refundable. Applications for withdrawal of examination or change of examination subject(s) have to be made before the examination application deadline. Applicants will be sent by post an Examination Entry Notice and Notes to Student not less than 2 weeks before the Conversion Examinations confirming examination details including examination venues and times. Applicants who do not receive the Examination Entry Notice one week before the Conversion Examinations should contact our office. N.B. The Examination Entry Notice and the applicant’s identity documents must be produced during the examination for verification purposes.

Each of the Core Subjects of the Conversion Examinations will be examined by a written paper of 3 hours duration. Each of the Top-up Subjects of the Conversion Examinations will be examined by a written paper of 1.5 hours duration.

A candidate can make a subsequent attempt at a failed examination at a later examination session. There is no restriction on the numbers of attempts a candidate may take