Postgraduate Certificate in Laws

The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL; Chinese: 法學專業證書; Jyutping: faat3 hok6 zyun1 jip6 zing3 syu1) is an intensive one-year, full-time (or two-year, part-time) professional legal qualification programme in Hong Kong. It allows graduates to proceed to legal training in order to qualify to practice as either a barrister or a solicitor in Hong Kong. The "LL." of the abbreviation for the certificate is from the genitive plural legum (of lex, legis f., law). The programme is similar to the Legal Practice Course or the Bar Professional Training Course in England and Wales, or the Certificate in Legal Practice (Malaysia) in Malaysia which focuses heavily on practical and procedural issues in legal practice, unlike a first degree in law.