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An overview of career options for lawyers in Malaysia

Eddie Law — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:58:49 +0000

Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos By Eddie Law After securing places in law schools, students should reflect over the career landscape open to them. For instance, do you know your legal career options upon graduation? Graduates should chart their career path in a number of sectors, each of which can be [...]

A valid case for law reform

Eddie Law — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:27:16 +0000

Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos By TS Tan Commonsense tells us that there is need to review old laws that were enacted during the British colonial era or soon after the country’s independence. The move is necessary not only to ensure justice in the changing world, but also to remove irrelevant provisions that were once considered pertinent [...]

My Hosanna Singing in Church Choir

Eddie Law — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:37:23 +0000

Without knowing, this blog is 4 years old already, which was started 10 days before my 1st daughter, Hossana Law, was born in 2007. Looking back 4 to 5 years ago, I had experienced drastic change in my life, praise the God, such change is a positive one… Seeing my daughter, Hosanna, singing in church gave [...]

KPUM-UM Law Career Convention 2011

Eddie Law — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:45:00 +0000

After 2 years, the Law Society of University of Malaya has again collaborating with the United Kingdom Malaysian Student Law Union (KPUM) to co-organise the annual legal career fair -Law Career Convention 2011 (LCC 2011), for law students and young lawyers to network with local law firms and corporations. eLawyer is proud to be invited [...]

Called Beyond the Bar – Christian Lawyers’ Conference

Eddie Law — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:16:07 +0000

If you are a Christian lawyer, please do take note of this rare event in Kuala Lumpur – “Called Beyond the Bar” which is organized by Advocates Malaysia together with Law Offices PrayerNet. “Come find out how to build strong godly foundations in legal practice. Come find out if your legal practice is built on a solid [...]

All Lawyers Should Have An iPad!

Eddie Law — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:41:30 +0000

This article is contributed by Mr Foong Cheng Leong Well, this article is not only about the iPad but about other tablets in the market in general. Other tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Tab or Blackberry Playbook are instructive examples, too, but that is not my focus here. For me, my iPad is probably one of the [...]

Single Parent’s Trust

Eddie Law — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:48:25 +0000

Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Anita is a divorcee and single mother of two young daughters. It has been very hard for her. “I have no one but myself and my daughters. I have to work 7 days a week as a lecturer in various colleges to provide for my daughters. I am constantly worried [...]

The Requirements of Getting Called to the Singapore Bar (Part 1)

Eddie Law — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:18:22 +0000

This Article is reproduced in this blog with permission from it’s original writer Lee Shih, and the article itself is extracted from Loyarburok website. By Lee Shih Recent changes to the Singapore Bar admission requirements have made it easier for foreign lawyers to get admitted to practice law in Singapore. Here are the requirements Malaysian lawyers need [...]

Report on ADVOCATES ASIA CONFERENCE 2010

Eddie Law — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:48:52 +0000

As previously mentioned in my another post about attending the Advocates Asia Conference 2010, below is the report written by Min Choon (the chairman of Advocates Asia) about the said event. It has been the practice of AA to have annual conferences. The last AA conference was held in Sri Lanka in 2007. There was no [...]

B2.0 Bloggers + New Media Dialogue

Eddie Law — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:09:05 +0000

I am going to Sabah to attend the B2.0 Bloggers + New Media Dialogue (“the Forum”) as one of the guest speakers. This Forum is organised by borneocolours.com. It will be a great platform for bloggers to get together to explore and exchange ideas on the new media landscape especially in Borneo. The organiser has reserved [...]