Editing Solicitor (section)

==Hong Kong==
Hong Kong has maintained the distinction between solicitors, regulated by [[The Law Society of Hong Kong]], and barristers, regulated by the [[Hong Kong Bar Association]]. A person intending to become a solicitor must have a professional law degree, either LL.B. or JD or the equivalent, and complete the one-year [[Postgraduate Certificate in Laws]] (P.C.LL.) course. They must also complete a two-year trainee solicitor contract with a law firm. All solicitors in Hong Kong are admitted to the High Court of Hong Kong and thus bear the full title of "Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/admission/admissionasaSolicitor.asp|title=The Law Society of Hong Kong : Hong Kong Solicitors|website=www.hklawsoc.org.hk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218182925/http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/admission/admissionasaSolicitor.asp|archive-date=18 December 2012}}</ref>

Solicitors enjoy rights of audience in the lower court and in chamber hearings in the High Court. For hearings in open court in the [[High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|High Court]] and the [[Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal|Court of Final Appeal]], only solicitors who have been certified as [[solicitor advocate]]s may appear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hk-lawyer.org/content/solicitors-gain-higher-rights-audience|title=Solicitors gain higher rights of audience - Hong Kong Lawyer|website=www.hk-lawyer.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513212153/http://www.hk-lawyer.org/content/solicitors-gain-higher-rights-audience|archive-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>