Every Solicitor shall upon evidence that he is eligible to hold a Practising Certificate entitling him to practise as a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong be entitled to apply for admission to membership of the Society. Application for admission must be made in such form as may be prescribed by the Council from time to time (see Articles of Association of The Law Society of Hong Kongpdf).
Any person, upon evidence that he holds a legal professional qualification outside Hong Kong, shall be entitled to apply to the Council for admission to the Society as an Associate Member and application shall be made in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Council which shall not be obliged to admit any such person to Associate Membership (see Articles of Association of The Law Society of Hong Kongpdf).
Any law student at any institution prescribed from time to time by the Council and any Trainee Solicitor including a Trainee Solicitor seconded to Hong Kong from another common law jurisdiction under the terms of a Trainee Solicitor contract may apply for admission to the Society as a Student Member in such form and upon payment of such fee as may from time to time be prescribed by the Council (see Articles of Association of The Law Society of Hong Kongpdf).
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