A Consideration For Foreign Practitioners Entering The Legal Profession In Malaysia by Rodney Khor The legal profession has always been a highly regulated profession with rules, regulations and codes of conduct binding on members of the profession [1] . This comes as no surprise due to the nature of the legal profession being very interconnected with the mechanisms of the working of law itself. The general duties among other things include a duty to assist the courts in the administration of justice and this duty overrides the duty towards clients. Despite the profession being highly regulated, there are circumstances that would warrant or attract a foreign practitioner [2] to practise law in countries such as Malaysia [3] . Therefore, this article is narrowed down to concentrate on identifying the possibility for a foreign practitioner to practise law or to provide in-house legal advice in Malaysia. The admission of legal practitioners in Malaysia is governed by section 11 [4] of...