The Secretary for Justice (who chairs the Commission), the Chief Justice and the Law Draftsman are ex officio members of the Commission. In addition, the Chief Executive appoints a number of other members, one of whom is usually a Judge of the High Court or the Court of Final Appeal. The remaining members include not only academics and practising lawyers, but also prominent non-lawyer members of the community. More than 70 individuals have served as members of the Commission since its establishment in 1980.

The Hong Kong Law Reform Commission is unusual among law reform agencies in including non-lawyers in its membership. While much law reform work involves technical legal questions, there are few areas in which extra-legal considerations do not also apply. By containing within its ranks leaders from a variety of fields, the Commission hopes to approach law reform with both the requisite legal expertise and with the experience of the wider community. This principle is carried through to the method of working on individual projects.

The current members of the Law Reform Commission are:

Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, JP, Secretary for Justice (Chairman)

Hon Chief Justice Andrew Li, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal

Mr Eamonn Moran, Law Draftsman

Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong

Hon Mr Justice Chan, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal

Mrs Pamela Chan, BBS, JP, former Chief Executive of the Consumer Council

Professor Albert Chen, JP, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong

Mr Andrew Jeffries, Solicitor

Professor Michael McConville, Director, School of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr Paul Shieh, SC, Barrister

Ms Anna Wu, SBS, JP, Advisor, The Law School, Shantou University

Mr Benjamin Yu, SC, JP, Barrister

Mr Stuart MI Stoker, Principal Government Counsel, is the Commission Secretary