Law Programs in Hong Kong 2025

The common law is a dynamic and exciting legal system that unites millions of people worldwide in such varied cultures as Hong Kong, Singapore, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, and across the United States.

The CUHK LLB is a full-time, four-year academic journey designed to expand students’ intellectual horizons and give them a platform for future success in any number of careers. The LLB is the first step into becoming a member of a well-regarded and influential profession.

The Master of Laws programme at the University of Hong Kong is a highly competitive course for those who already received outstanding results in their first law degree. It meets a need in various specialist areas of the law that are important to Hong Kong and its locality and offer modules that Hong Kong is perhaps uniquely placed to provide to students from both within and outside Hong Kong.

Introduced in 2004-05, the 4-Year LLB programme is designed to meet the changing demands on law graduates. It is devised by benchmarking against the law programmes offered by the best law schools globally and has several features to ensure the competitiveness of our graduates.

This short, intensive revision course will ensure you’re confident and fully prepared for the SQE1 assessments. You'll get the opportunity to practice answering single best answer question (SBAQ) style assessments in readiness for the SRA’s SQE1 assessments in functioning legal knowledge (FLK).

The JD Programme is a versatile postgraduate law degree for graduates with bachelor degrees in non-law disciplines, which potentially leads to admission into the legal profession or assuming leadership roles in various work sectors.

The Juris Doctor (JD) is a full-time, two-year law degree that provides comprehensive and in-depth legal education to students without prior background in the law. The programme's emphasis is not on rote learning of legal rules but critical appreciation and assessment of the underpinnings of these rules.