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Bar Council Ethics & Professional Standards Course for Pupils - 9 and 10 September 2009

Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:34am

Contributed by Julian Francis, Admission Officer, Bar Council

The Ethics & Professional Standards Course comprises lectures on specific topics on the first day and a 2 ½ hours written examination on the second day, followed by a luncheon. The course was not designed with the aim to teach substantive law but to make the pupils more aware of their ethical duties and responsibilities and to appreciate the need and rationale for various rules that govern the practice of the profession. Every pupil seeking admission to the Bar must pass the Ethics & Professional Standards Course Exam.

The Course is held every month at the Bar Council's Auditorium. Apart from the Bar Council, Penang and Johore also conduct the Course twice a year. Approximately 1,300 pupils sit for the Course every year, of which about 95% sit for their exams at the Bar Council Auditorium.

A total of 75 pupils attended the Ethics & Professional Course on 9 September and 41 sat for the written examination on 10 September 2009.

The following lectures were presented on the first day (9 September):

1	Role of the Bar & Lawyers in Civil Society	Ms Latheefa Koya
2	Professional Ethics	Mr Sanjeev Kumar
3	Solicitors Accounts and Undertakings	Mr Tan Eng Choong
4	Duty to and in Court, Candour Decorum & Contempt	Mr Alex Chang
5	Mediation	Mr Belden Premaraj
6	Duty to Client – Professional Liability, Fiduciary Duty, Risk Management	En Murad Ali Abdullah

Mdm Chew Swee Yoke gave a talk to the 30 pupils who attended the luncheon at the Royal Selangor Club after the written examination. According to Mdm Chew, the essence of a lawyer is to have integrity and doing one's homework. As to what makes a good lawyer, she advised that one must have a feeling for the Law.

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