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Legal Education: Producing "Practice-Ready" Candidates In Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorSyahirah Abdul Shukoren_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Hazmi Mohd Ruslien_US
dc.contributor.authorAmalina Ahmad Tajudinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T02:15:54Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T02:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractDespite the existing exam requirements in a bachelor of law degree, it is claimed that local law graduates are ill-prepared for legal practice, lack of fluency in English, particularly in writing and speaking skills. This paper explores efforts made by the law schools in Malaysia within their existing curriculum to prepare students for future legal practice careers and to cater to the needs of the legal industry. The requirement of a recognized law degree has been fulfilled by most law schools, and students studying in law schools without recognition by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board (LPQB) would have to sit for Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) to qualify as a practitioner. Nevertheless, the Bar Council has been proposing for additional curriculum of Common Bar Course and Common Bar Exam. It is claimed that these additional stage of common bar course and exam would be beneficial for candidates alongside their somewhat “inefficient” bachelor of law degree. Sitting for this bar exam would allow candidates to qualify as “qualified person” under the law. Nevertheless, this paper holds on to the view that training in chambers or the pupillage period, would be the best place platform for law graduates to equip themselves with hands-on experience in legal practice, and that the “higher-standard” of paper-based exams proposed by the Bar would be futile in keeping up with the expectations of the legal industry for “practice-ready” candidates.en_US
dc.identifier.epage70
dc.identifier.issn2590-4396
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.spage41
dc.identifier.urihttp://mjsl.usim.edu.my/index.php/jurnalmjsl/article/view/82
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/15754
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMalaysian Journal of Syariah and Lawen_US
dc.sourceOpen Journal Systems
dc.subjectlegal educationen_US
dc.subjectacademiaen_US
dc.subjectcommon bar examen_US
dc.titleLegal Education: Producing "Practice-Ready" Candidates In Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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