HK’s Legal Exodus Leaves Law Students With Few Places to Go (1)

When Katie Lam was deciding what to study back in 2018, she thought that a Law degree would open the most doors in a future career. She was overjoyed to be accepted into her chosen subject at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Almost six years on, the outlook in the city has soured with top tier firms closing, foreign lawyers leaving and, according to recruiters, fewer trainees being retained. While Lam, 23, managed to secure work as a paralegal, an increasing number of graduates appear to be dropping out of the profession altogether.

A prolonged dearth of large initial ...