The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

7 April 2025 Pupils Introduction and Diversity & Inclusion Session Jointly organised by the Pupils Welfare Committee and the Gender Equality & Diversity Committee, the Pupils Introduction Session in April was held on 7 April 2025 at the KL Bar Auditorium. Led by Ooi Jia Liang, the session was attended by 76 pupils. The purpose of the Pupils Introduction Session is to introduce pupils to the structure of the Malaysian Bar and the Kuala Lumpur Bar, the elections to both the Bar Council and the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, and the highlights of the Malaysian Bar. It included a session for students to discuss issues and problems they encountered during their pupillage period.  Also included in the said Pupils Introduction Session was a session on “Diversity & Inclusion: Unconscious Bias”. The aim of this segment is to educate and create awareness about how our unconscious biases and innate prejudices lead to poor judgment and poor decision-making, which in turn result in uni...

  5 & 20 March 2025 Pupils Admission To The Bar Briefing The Pupils’ Admission to the Bar Briefings were held at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium on 5 March 2025 and 20 March 2025. The first session, led by Tay Kit Hoo, took place from 9:30am to 10:30am and was attended by 55 pupils. The second session, also conducted by Tay Kit Hoo, was held from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and was attended by 17 pupils.   10-14 March 2025 LAC Pupils’ Training Batch 121/2025 Organised by the Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) ( “LAC KL” ), the LAC Pupils’ Programme training for Batch 121/2025 was conducted from 10 to 14 March 2025. The training sessions were held at the Bar Council Auditorium and the LAC KL training room. The trainers for this batch included Alan Selvandaran a/l Kanaisan, Selva Balan a/l Sinnan, Morhaneraj a/l Rajakumaran, Narandra a/l Kangatharan, Terrence Lee Rohui, Sumitra Devi a/p Krishnan, and Azhana Binti Mohd Khairudin, along with representatives from the respect...

3, 7, 14 & 21 February 2025 Pupils Call Briefing Organised by the Young Lawyers & Pupils Committee, the briefings for the Pupils' Admission to the Bar for February 2025 were held at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium on: -   (i) 3 February 2025, from 11:00am to 12:00pm. The briefing was conducted by Tay Kit Hoo and was attended by 77 pupils;   (ii) 7 February 2025, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. The briefing was conducted by Tay Kit Hoo and was attended by 83 pupils;   (iii) 14 February 2025, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. The briefing was conducted by Ooi Jia Liang and was attended by 15 pupils; and   (iv) 21 February 2025, from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. The briefing was conducted by Ooi Jia Liang and was attended by 26 pupils.   6 February 2025 Value Creation By Transactional Lawyers: Lawyering In The Disruptive AI And Technology Driven Era Organised by the Corporate & Conveyancing Practice Committee, this seminar was held on 6 February 2025 fro...