Legal education is much more than professional training. The stimulating and challenging learning experiences offered by the programme provide you excellent training on critical reasoning, logical thinking, communication skills and problem solving skills, which are the essential qualities demanded by many employers in order to cope with the ever increasing business opportunities.

This programme is designed for those who would like to develop their future career in legal profession, commercial field or public sector. It provides a balanced mix of law and broad-based education to support your all-round personal development. It consists of two study themes in the second year: Law and Business Theme, and Law and Public Administration Theme.

The study theme has a well-balanced curriculum between law and social sciences, particularly, in the area of public administration. Students have the opportunity to learn basic legal knowledge as well as study different areas in social sciences such as sociology and criminology. These prepare you for further studies in related bachelor's degree programmes, and help develop your career in fields like government, law, public administration, politics and journalism.

This programme has an excellent track record of helping students to pursue bachelor's degree programmes in various disciplines, including legal studies, government and law, business, arts and social sciences at local or overseas universities. In the past few years, many year one students and graduates of this programme were accepted by local universities to continue their studies in the following programmes:

Government and Laws Degree Programme offered by The University of Hong Kong
Laws Degree Programme offered by City University
Accountancy and Law Degree Programme offered by City University
Arts Degree Programmes offered by local universities
Business Degree Programmes offered by local universities
Social Sciences Degree Programmes offered by local universities

HKU SPACE Centre for International Degree Programmes
Full-time Top-up Degree Year 2

This challenging and stimulating programme will equip you with professional training in law which will serve as a valuable asset in your future career development in an extensive range of industries, such as finance, business, accounting, human resources, law, government, politics, management, administration and journalism.