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are conducted by Malaysia’s Legal Profession Qualifying Click to view the new 2017 Master of Laws (Applied Law)
Board (LPQB). majoring in Malaysian Legal Practice handbook ▄▌

MALAYSIAN LEGAL PRACTICE SUBJECTS
The first six subjects of the Malaysian Legal Practice stream
were completed and offered in the September 2017 intake
(follow links to website information for each subject):
 MLP1: Lawyer’s Skills (Malaysia)
 MLP2: Civil Litigation Practice (Malaysia)
 MLP3: Commercial Contracts Practice (Malaysia)
 MLP4: Criminal Law Practice (Malaysia)
 MLP5 : Personal Injury & Torts Practice (Malaysia)
 MLP6: Property Law Practice (Malaysia)

The LPBQ requires law graduates from an approved list of
foreign universities (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and
United Kingdom) to pass the CLPE to gain admission to the
Malaysian Bar. However, law graduates from Malaysian
public universities are exempt from this requirement.
A College CLPE preparation course is being prepared to offer
in conjunction with the first six subjects of LLM programme,
enabling students to gain a postgraduate qualification while
preparing for the exams.

CLPE STATISTICS
548 candidates graduated with the LPQB’s Certificate in
Legal Practice in 2016.
CLPE pass rates are low. In 2012, for example, only
350/860 (41%) of candidates successfully passed the CLPE.
1,113 law graduates were admitted to the Malaysian Bar in Meet our Malaysian subject matter experts
2016 through the following qualifications: he College’s Malaysian legal practice subject matter
 285 Certificate of Legal Practice T experts (SMEs) were recruited with assistance from Bar
 217 Universiti Teknologi MARA Council Malaysia (BCM). in terms of a College Memorandum
of Understanding with the BCM to collaborate in postgraduate
 163 International Islamic University legal education and training for Malaysian lawyers.
 141 Multi-Media University
Chong Wei Lung
 124 Universiti Utara Malaysia
Wei Lung graduated LLB (Hons) from the University of
 103 English Bar/Inns
Sydney in 1988 and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1989.
 74 Universiti Malaya Mr Chong has been a partner at
 59 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Cheang & Ariff since 2000.
Cheang & Ariff is a 14-partner
Kuala Lumpur law firm that
This dual-benefit programme approach is similar to what COL focusses on four practice areas:
Asia will begin offering in New Zealand in February 2018. Corporate & Securities, Banking &
The new LLM (Applied Law) majoring in New Zealand Legal Conveyancing, Litigation and
Practice will enable foreign lawyer students to gain a Dispute Resolution and Intellectual
qualification while preparing for the New Zealand Law and Property. Wei Lung has a
Practice Examination (NZLPE). The NZLPE is 6-part background in civil and
examination that is run by the New Zealand Council of Legal commercial litigation, and practises
Education. The Council requires foreign lawyers to pass the in corporate and securities,
six NZLPE exams to gain admission as a New Zealand property, banking and finance and Chong Wei Lung
lawyer. commercial law practice. He also
COLNZ currently offers a non-award New Zealand Law and advises on industrial relations and employment laws. Wei
Practice Examination (NZLPE) preparation course which will Lung is the SME for two LLM subjects: Lawyer’s Skills
continue to be available. (Malaysia) and Commercial Contracts Practice (Malaysia).

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