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KLBC Activities Report For March 2024

2 March 2024 YLC Hiking at Sri Bintang Hill Organised by the Young Lawyers Committee, this hike was held on 2 March 2024 at Sri Bintang Hill. It was held from 7:30am to 9:30am and was attended by 83 participants. 4 & 5 March 2024 Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK) Training for Lawyers (Part 3) The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) ( “LAC KL” ), organised Part 3 of the YBGK training. The training was held at the LAC KL Training Room, Level 3 Wisma Badan Peguam Malaysia. The training focused on Criminal Trial Advocacy. It was conducted on 4 & 5 March 2024 by Collin Andrew from 9:00am to 5:00pm. 17 lawyers attended the training. 6 to 15 March 2024 LAC Pupil’s Training Batch 117/2023 Organised by the Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) ( “LAC KL” ), the LAC Pupils’ Programs training for Batch 117/2023 was conducted from 6 to 15 March 2024. The training sessions for these programs were conducted at the Bar Council Auditorium and LAC KL training room. The trainers
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KLBC Activities Report For February 2024

  5 February 2024 Pupils Introduction And Diversity & Inclusion Session The Pupils Introduction Session in February 2024 was held on 5 February 2024 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium. Led by Weera Premananda, the session was attended by 89 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 election to both the Bar Council and the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, and the highlights of the Malaysian Bar. It includes a session for students to discuss issues and problems they encountered during their pupillage period. Also included in the Pupils Introduction Session is 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 unintentional discrimination and overall poor "diversity

KLBC Activities Report For January 2024

2 & 29 January 2024 Pupils Admission To The Bar Briefing The Pupils Admission to the Bar Briefing in January 2024 was held via Zoom on 2 January 2024, from 10:00am to 11:30am, with 117 pupils attending the briefing, and on 29 January 2024, from 10:00am to 11:20am, with 71 pupils attending the briefing. Both briefings were conducted by Weera Premananda. 9 January 2024 Personal Data Protection Act Organised by the Professional Development Committee, this Seminar was conducted by Jeremiah R. Gurusamy. It was held at Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. We had 26 participants . 12 January 2024 LAC Kuala Lumpur Appreciation Dinner 2023 The Appreciation Dinner 2023 organised by The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) ( “LAC KL” ) was held on 12 January 2024 at Cosmo Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. A total of 50 attendees were part of the celebration which included Anand Raj a/l Balasupramaniam (Secretary, Bar Council), Dato’ Abdul Fareed bin Abd

KLBC Activities Report For December 2023

2 & 3 December 2023 Kuala Lumpur Bar & Lincoln’s Inn Alumni Association Of Malaysia Moot Court Competition 2023 Co-organised by the Young Lawyers Committee and the Lincoln’s Inn Alumni Association of Malaysia, the Moot Court Competition 2023 ("Competition") was held at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on 2 and 3 December 2023. There were a total of 39 hearings (33 hearings in the preliminary rounds, 4 semi-finals hearings and 2 final hearings) carried out involving a total of 32 teams (21 teams from Category A and 11 teams from Category B). The following members of the Judiciary participated as judges for the Competition: (1) YA Dato’ Anand Ponnudurai; (2) YA Tuan Nadzarin bin Wok Nordin; (3) YA Dr. Johan Lee Kien How; (4) YA Puan Roz Mawar. The following members of the Bar participated as judges for the Competition: (1) Aarthi Jeyarajah (2) Abd Azim Bin Abd Razak (3) Abraham Au (4) Alvin Oh Seong Yew (5) Aravind Kumarr (6) Austen Emmanuel Pereira (7) A