Comments for CLP to be scrapped at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:29:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/clp_to_be_scrapped.html#pc_6788 Whatever the exams are called, it has to be based solely on merits and not something biased like racial quota. It must be transparent and free from influence. Maybe then we can weed out the bad hats at the bud. Lim Chong Leong - Lim Chong Leong Thu, 15 May 2008 17:35:55 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/clp_to_be_scrapped.html#pc_6787 The 23-year-old chapter of the Certificate of Legal Practice has closed on an almost ugly note. Its director, Khalid Yusof, was found guilty by a Sessions Court of cheating and falsifying results of the 2001 examination on July 24, 2007. Let us now see whether the new Common Bar Course will prove as helpful as it ought to be. Important as legal knowledge is, the emphasis should shift to legal practice that will hone the practitioner's competence. Any other emphasis is a betrayal of this ethical profession. Ethics is another emphasis. I believe my learned friends know what I am talking about. In the short time that I have been in practice, I have seen questionable statutory declarations and unethical practice. I shall take such matters up at the appropriate time. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Thu, 15 May 2008 16:52:33 +0100