CLP abolished, is this good news?
Posted on May 15, 2008
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According to Malaysiakini today:
“De facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim today announced that the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) will be abolished and replaced with Common Bar Course (CBC). He added that details of implementation will be revealed in two months. CLP is a compulsory requirement for law students with Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees conferred by the universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and certain universities in Australia and New Zealand before they can practice law. The CLP examination will be replaced by the Common Bar Examination.”
Is this good news to you?If you are the unfortunate one who took the CLP exams a few times, this news may be bitter sweet to you since it means all your previous experience gained from studying and sitting for the exams has been a waste, at the same time a relief that you don’t have to sit for the dreaded exams again and mix it with a sense of uncertainty of what will be the proposed new replacement.Will the new replacement be more transparent? That is student actually get back their marked papers and know where they go wrong and learn where they can improve? I guess we have to wait a few weeks to know the actual implementation of this.
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I guess for those who fail many times still a good news as their nightmare is gonna to end soon.
JC: Yes, hopefully the new format gives them a chance to see their marked papers.
Obviously its a sweet news to anybody since its a more relevant approach to future lawyers to enhance their skills.. but the unfortunate matter is that every students are praying for the entry requirements as well to be abolish and hope cbe & cbc to be open for all llb students equally..
this is bcoz if they are not fit they will sure fail and this is a chance for them doesnt mean if they gt a 3rd class honours they cant be a good lawyer coz those days lawyers are all good without clp and also some with 3rd class or eveb lower.. hope they will consider this too