Monthly Statistics on the Profession (updated as of 30 November 2023)
Members (with or without Practising Certificate) |
13,202 | |
Members with Practising Certificate |
11,557 (out of whom 7,981 (69%) are in private practice) |
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Trainee Solicitors |
981 | |
Registered Foreign Lawyers |
1,473 (from 32 jurisdictions) |
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Hong Kong Law Firms |
928 (47% are sole proprietorships and 41% are firms with 2 to 5 partners, 59 are limited liability partnerships formed pursuant to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance) |
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Registered Foreign Law Firms |
74 (from 19 jurisdictions, 14 are limited liability partnerships formed pursuant to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance) |
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Civil Celebrants of Marriages |
2,148 | |
Reverse Mortgage Counsellors | 387 | |
Solicitor Advocates |
99 (93 in civil proceedings, 6 in criminal proceedings) |
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Student Members |
402 | |
Registered Associations between Hong Kong law firms and registered foreign law firms (including Mainland law firms) |
33 | |
Members of Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Limited |
474 | |
Members of Hong Kong Society of Notaries | 382 |
Admission of solicitors 2012—2021 |
Solicitors holding practising certificates 2012—2021 |
Years of admission - solicitors holding a 2021 practising certificate |
Gender ratio – Solicitors holding a practising certificate (2014 – 2021) |
Gender ratio – Trainee solicitors 2016 – 2021 |
Gender ratio – Partners 2016 – 2021 |
Size of solicitors’ firms and number of trainee solicitors in 2021 |