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state and highlight which of the subjects you have completed; AND
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confirm that your legal qualification has provided substantially similar course(s) or the functional equivalent of the courses not completed, and explain on a separate sheet how this was done; OR
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confirm that, as an alternative to completing the course(s), you have had practical experience in the subjects you have not completed, and give details of such experience on a separate sheet – see Form A, paragraph 12B.
Paragraph 12B applies, for example, if your transcript includes a subject which you think covered the topics in one of the named subjects, but which uses a different name. The InfoPack expressly refers to “Trusts” and “Public Law”. Trusts might cover Equity, and Public Law might cover Constitutional and Administrative Law. But it is not enough to assert this, and a syllabus is not enough.
You must get your college or university to verify in writing that the courses you completed covered Equity or Constitutional and Administrative Law, as the case may be. (See OLQE 2022 InfoPack, page 30).
If you are unable to get such verification, the Law Society of Hong Kong may decide you are not eligible to sit the OLQE. You would have to show that you have had practical experience in the relevant subjects, and that can be very difficult for most lawyers.
Plainly you will need to contact your alma mater immediately if you face this kind of problem.
[Please note that lawyers admitted in a non-common law jurisdiction (i.e. non-common lawyers) do not have to comply with paragraphs 12A or 12B. Unless exempted, non-common lawyers have to take and pass an oral examination in Principles of Common Law (Head V)]
