part of a student's main law qualification: Contract, Tort, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Property Law and Equity. Conversion examinations are offered twice a year for the remaining five subjects. Students may complete these core subjects: as part of their non-Hong Kong common law qualification; as a visiting "internal" student in one of the three universities awarding LLB and/or JD degrees in Hong Kong and passing the requisite examination; and by passing the relevant subject in the Hong Kong Conversion Examination for PCLL Admission. New top-up subjects from September 2008 From September 2008 onwards, all candidates with overseas qualifications (i.e. not graduating with a law degree from local universities) must demonstrate competence in the following areas to be eligible for the PCLL: Hong Kong Constitutional Law Hong Kong Land Law Hong Kong Legal System Students may do so: as a visiting "internal" student in one of the three universities awarding LLB or JD degrees in Hong Kong and passing the requisite examination; as part of the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law taught and awarded in Hong Kong; or by passing the relevant subject in the Hong Kong Conversion Examination for PCLL Admission. The effect of these requirements is that PCLL entrants who wish to avoid the need to sit additional conversion examinations in these three subjects must either enroll on the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law, which is jointly offered by the University of Hong Kong's School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) as the course operator and Manchester Metropolitan University as the qualification awarding institution, or enroll with the law faculty of one of the three universities awarding LLB or JD degrees in Hong Kong. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) In addition to the above admission requirements, all students applying for PCLL must take the IELTS English proficiency test (Academic Module), the results of which is not earlier than three years preceding the closing date for applications. A minimum score of 7 is required, as set by the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training. Course content Chinese University of Hong Kong The programme is taught in two stages. In the first term, five compulsory subjects involve the study of core practice areas necessary for progression into the second term: Professional Practice, Commercial Practice, Property and Probate Practice, Civil Litigation Practice, and Criminal Litigation Practice. In the second term, students are free