Certificate in Legal Practice (Malaysia)

The Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) is a 9-month post-graduate course and examination taken by foreign law graduates and graduates of the Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons) from the University of Malaya[1] and Bachelor of Legal Studies (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA,[2] to become a qualified lawyer in Malaysia.[3][4]

The examination is conducted by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia and is governed by the Legal Profession Act 1976. The Board allows degree holders from selected universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand to sit for the examination.[5] The Board also allows graduates from certain university to be exempted from this examination.[6]

To be called to bar, CLP graduates, like other prospective lawyers, must also undertake a nine-month pupillage under a pupil master who has practiced in Malaysia for at least seven years.

  1. ^ "University of Malaya Official Portal". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ "LW213 - B. (Hons.) of Legal Studies". www.law.uitm.edu.my. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Malaysian Bar".
  4. ^ "Who has to sit for, & pass, the CLP examination?".
  5. ^ "A Guideline and the Application Form to sit for the Examination for the Certificate of Legal Practice", Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia
  6. ^ Administrator. "About Us". www.lpqb.org.my. Retrieved 29 June 2018.