Monthly Statistics on the Profession (updated as of 29 February 2024)
Members (with or without Practising Certificate) |
13,010 | |
Members with Practising Certificate |
11,264 (out of whom 8,005 (71%) are in private practice) |
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Trainee Solicitors |
1,086 | |
Registered Foreign Lawyers |
1,484 (from 31 jurisdictions) |
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Hong Kong Law Firms |
924 (46% are sole proprietorships and 42% are firms with 2 to 5 partners, 59 are limited liability partnerships formed pursuant to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance) |
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Registered Foreign Law Firms |
72 (from 19 jurisdictions, 14 are limited liability partnerships formed pursuant to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance) |
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Civil Celebrants of Marriages |
2,148 | |
Reverse Mortgage Counsellors | 385 | |
Solicitor Advocates |
99 (93 in civil proceedings, 6 in criminal proceedings) |
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Student Members |
241 | |
Registered Associations between Hong Kong law firms and registered foreign law firms (including Mainland law firms) |
29 | |
Members of Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Limited |
474 | |
Members of Hong Kong Society of Notaries | 373 |
Admission of solicitors 2012—2021 |
Solicitors holding practising certificates 2012—2021 |
Years of admission - solicitors holding a 2021 practising certificate |
Gender ratio – Solicitors holding a practising certificate (2014 – 2021) |
Gender ratio – Trainee solicitors 2016 – 2021 |
Gender ratio – Partners 2016 – 2021 |
Size of solicitors’ firms and number of trainee solicitors in 2021 |