Committee for common bar course to be led Malaysian Bar president


KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysia prepares to introduce a comprehensive common bar course (CBC) or exam (CBE) for lawyers' professional qualification, M. Kulasegaran announced that the committee responsible for developing the curriculum will be led by the president of the Malaysian Bar.

"On Oct 8, the Legal Profession Qualifying Board agreed to form a committee to discuss the curriculum and syllabus for the CBC. This committee will be chaired by the Bar Council President, who is also part of the qualifying board," said the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Feb 12).

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