Hong Kong Regulations

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION) RULES - SECT 5

Attendance requirement in respect of general core course

(1) A person who becomes a solicitor, a trainee solicitor or a foreign lawyer
shall, within the practice year specified in subsection

(2), attend all general core courses.

(2) The practice year specified for the purposes of subsection (1) is-

   (a)  the first practice year of the solicitor, trainee solicitor or
        foreign lawyer; or

   (b)  if the practice year referred to in paragraph (a) is an
        exempted practice year, the first succeeding practice year which is
        not an exempted practice year.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any person who, during the practice year
within which he would otherwise be required under that subsection to attend
all general core courses, is also required under section 6 to attend all
principal's core courses.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to any person who has previously attended
all general core courses or all principal's core courses.