Hong Kong Regulations

TRAINEE SOLICITORS RULES - RULE 6

Period of trainee solicitor contract

PART II

(Repealed L.N. 44 of 1981) ___________

PART III

TRAINEE SOLICITOR CONTRACT

(1) Except as is provided by rules 9, 9A and 20, no person shall be admitted
as a solicitor by virtue of section 4(1)(a) of the Ordinance unless he has
been employed as a trainee solicitor under one or more trainee solicitor
contracts for a total period of 2 years. (L.N. 469 of 1994)

(2) If the period of 2 years referred to in paragraph (1) is not a continuous
period of 2 years, it is effective employment as a trainee  solicitor if the
trainee solicitor has been employed under one or more trainee solicitor
contracts for periods equal in total to 2 years during the 3 years, or such
further period as the Council may allow, immediately preceding his application
for admission as a solicitor. (L.N. 182 of 1994)