Hong Kong Regulations

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION) RULES - SECT 7

Attendance requirement in respect of elective course

(1) A person to whom these Rules apply shall, within each practice  year other
than a practice year specified in subsection (3), attend at least 3 hours of
elective courses.

(2) Where a solicitor or a foreign lawyer fails to comply with subsection (1)
in any practice year, he shall, within that practice year and the first
succeeding practice year which is not a practice year specified in subsection
(3), attend at least 6 hours of elective courses.

(3) The practice year specified for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)
is-

   (a)  an exempted practice year; or

   (b)  a practice year within which the person concerned is required under
        these Rules to attend all general core courses or all principal's core
        courses.