Law

*Where did the 1999 Bachelor of Laws graduates go ?*
	Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1999 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Laws graduates : -

How many were employed six months after graduation ?

Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?

Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer ?

In which sectors were they employed ?

How much salary did they receive ?

How many job offers did they receive ?

Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situations in 1999
Of the 144 graduates from this programme, 137 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*LLB*				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	137	100	129	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	9	6.6	9	7.0	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	2	1.6	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	128	93	117	91	455	18	413	17
Emigrated/Returned to home country	0	0	0	0	4	0.2	3	0.1
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	1	0.8	9	0.4	15	0.6

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

III. Further Studies
128 graduates proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their sources of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	M.Phil.	Master (Coursework)	Postgraduate Certificate
Law	1		125
Social Work		1

No Response = 1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	87
Government Grant & Loan	38
Scholarship & Own Funds	1

No Response = 2

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment
The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.

	% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of	1999	1998
May or before	17%	50%
June	17%	75%
July	50%	75%
August	50%	88%
September	67%	88%
October	100%	100%

No Response = 2

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of law graduates were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in the civil service, and community, social & personal services.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	57%	63%
Community, Social & Personal Services	29%