The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
LLB Degree
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
LLB
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Introduced in 2004-05, the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is a 4-Year programme designed to meet changing demands on law graduates. It benchmarks against leading law schools and offers specialization in commercial law, Chinese law, international trade, or economic law, and offers a minor in a non-law academic discipline. Teaching uses problem-based learning in small-group, student-centered classes and builds transferable skills: communicative, analytical, research, advocacy, professional ethics, and problem-solving skills. In years three and four you can study abroad at partner universities – university has exchange agreements with over 150 institutions and provides scholarships for one semester or an academic year.
Career Outcomes: Graduates move into roles in private practice, corporate legal departments, government, and international organisations. Potential career paths include lawyer/attorney, corporate counsel, commercial lawyer, international trade specialist, compliance officer, legal adviser on Chinese law, policy analyst, judicial clerk, legal researcher, or further study such as an LLM or doctorate.
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. The new programme offers the possibility of specializing in a particular area of law such as commercial law, Chinese law, international trade, and economic law to have the edge over law graduates elsewhere with general legal training. The programme also offers the possibility to do a minor in a non-law discipline offered in the University.
The teaching of the new curriculum will be largely problem-based and be conducted in a small group, student-centred environment. Apart from legal knowledge, the curriculum will also focus on transferable skills such as communicative skills, analytical skills, research skills and problem-solving skills. Students in the 3rd and 4th years of study will have an opportunity of going overseas as exchange students with a partner university. The University has entered into exchange agreements with over 150 leading universities worldwide, and the Faculty has entered into other Faculty-specific exchange agreements with leading universities. Students may spend one semester or one academic year in one of these universities with scholarships.
