Pupillage

Registration for Compulsory Pupils’ Legal Aid Duty

Pursuant to Bar Council Ruling 10.06, all pupils are required to complete a minimum of 14 days of Legal Aid Duty prior to admission as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
Pupils are required to complete and submit the registration form to the Legal Aid Centre at lac.kl@malaysianbar.org.my after submitting Borang 1 and Borang 2.

Early registration will allow us sufficient time to schedule your orientation session, assign you to a clinic/program, and notify you of the relevant briefing and training sessions.

To apply, please follow the steps below:

Download, fill up, and affix the necessary signatures on the Pupil’s Registration Form and Master’s Consent Form.
Submit both forms via email to lac.kl@malaysianbar.org.my

Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) Pupil’s Program

There are four intakes per year. Please contact us as soon as possible to secure placement.
Pupils will be assigned to any of the following programmes, subject to availability and operational requirements:

LAC Walk-In Clinic
Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK)
Syariah Clinic
Prison Program
Women’s Aid Organization (WAO)
Sisters-in-Islam (SIS) Forum
All Women’s Action Society (AWAM)
Tenaganita Migrant Workers Clinic
UNHCR Clinic (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Pertubuhan Pembangunan Kebajikan dan Persekitaran Positif Malaysia (SEED)
Asylum Access
Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas, Malaysia (DHRRA)
Pertubuhan Kesihatan dan Kebajikan Umum Malaysia (PKKUM)
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)

Pupils may indicate their preferred program for their compulsory legal aid duty. BCLAC KL shall have full discretion on the assignment for the pupil.

Admission Requirements

For the latest guidelines, please contact the Legal Profession Qualifying Board Malaysia at:

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