The Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (GDEHKL) is a

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graduate diploma programme that allows students that did not take

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as an

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(i.e. "non-law students") to "convert" to law, before going onto a

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course and ultimately legal training. The GDEHKL is a localised mutation of the

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(CPE), or Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL). It is jointly offered by the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

's School of Professional and Continuing Education (

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) as the course operator, and

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as the qualification awarding institution. The completion of the course qualifies students to proceed to legal training courses in Hong Kong and England & Wales or to many LL.M. programmes. Graduates of the GDEHKL include Justice Anthea Pang Po-kam of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Justice Linda Chan Ching-fan of the Court of First Instance of the High Court and Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, a Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China who has been charged and denied bail under Hong Kong's National Security Law. Justice Pang sent a message to the 2021 Graduation Ceremony of the GDEHKL. The GDEHKL is the only postgraduate law programme in Hong Kong which substantially satisfies both the requirements for entry into the

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL; 法學專業證書) 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 before qualifyi ...

(PCLL) for those who intend to practice law in

, and also the requirements for entry into legal training courses for those who intend to practice in

. The GDEHKL is recognised by the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training as demonstrating competence in the three Top-up Subjects on Hong Kong law required for entry to the PCLL. Graduates of the GDEHKL who continue on to take the additional MMU LLB year after the CPE will have passed all necessary law subjects required for PCLL eligibility. The GDEHKL is an exempted course under a Hong Kong law known as the Non-Local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance, which states that it is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead.

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Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong LawHKU SPACEUniversity of Hong KongManchester Law School of Manchester Metropolitan University
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