JD,PCLL, CPE係咩黎?

Juris Doctor (abbreviated J.D. or D.Jur., from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a professional graduate degree and professional doctorate in law offered by universities and law schools in a number of countries such as the USA, Australia, Canada, and Japan. It is a postgraduate law degree designed for graduates from non-law disciplines, and which potentially leads to admission into the legal profession.

In most programs, as a condition of admission to study for the degree of Juris Doctor, an applicant must have obtained a baccalaureate in some academic subject but no particular undergraduate major or course of study is required for admission.

The Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) is the standard law degree in many common law countries (e.g., the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, etc.). In most common law nations other than the United States the first degree in law is the LL.B., or Bachelor of Laws degree, though some law schools in Canada, Hong Kong, and Australia offer a J.D. as well, usually for students who already have a first degree in another field. Until and unless these misconceptions are dispelled, transcripts of study are the "litmus test" of whether the title conferred constitutes a "Bachelor"-level or a doctoral-level degree.

The Common Professional Examination (C.P.E.) course, which is intended for graduates from disciplines other than Law, leads to the award of Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law by Manchester Metropolitian University (MMU). The course is now offered by HKU SPACE. The holder of C.P.E. is one of the pre-requisited for admission of PCLL.

The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) was established to provide the necessary professional qualification for LLB/JD graduates or non-law graduates who have passed the Common Professional Examination (C.P.E.). To enter the legal profession as trainee solicitors or pupil barristers, the one must be a PCLL graduates.

香港學生須完成一法學基本學位：主要為法學士（LL.B.，Bachelor of Laws）、法律博士（J.D.，Juris Doctor，然而J.D.並非博士學位）或專業共同考試（C.P.E.，Common Professional Examination），然後修畢由香港中文大學、香港城市大學或香港大學舉辦之法律深造證書（Postgraduate Certificate of Law，P.C.LL.）。