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Instructions for Newly Qualified Solicitors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eligibility to Hold a Practising Certificate
Solicitors to whom the Practising Certificate (Special Conditions) Rules apply must give 6 weeks’ notice to the Society when applying for their practising certificate. |
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2025 Practising Certificate
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For details of CPD and RME Requirements, please refer to the following sections:- | |||||||||||||||
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For enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director, Professional Development at adpd@hklawsoc.org.hk. |
1. | Circular 23-330 (COM) for removal of partnership condition and the procedure to be followed when making an application under Section 6(6) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and Sample Application. | |
2. | Circular 23-329 (COM) for the guidelines for removal of partnership condition and the procedure to be followed when making an application under Section 6(6A) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and Sample Application. |
For details of the regulatory requirements on in-house solicitors, please refer to :- |
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For enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director, Regulation and Guidance II at adrg2@hklawsoc.org.hk. |
For enquiries, please contact the Assistant Director, Registration at regist@hklawsoc.org.hk.
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