It is never too late for anyone taking law.

I used to have classmate in law school who is about 50 years old.

Since you have a degree, you may call any law college to equire about the course, I believe they will give you few options to start with.

I am 29 years old and have passion in Law since high school. I would like to change my profession as Legal Advisor. I know its a bit too late that is why i want to do it now, better than never.My questions are :

1) Is it too late for someone my age?
2) Where should i start? i have 9 years working experience and a degree in Comp Science from Univ Putra Malaysia

Thank you

Actually you do not need to be a qualified lawyer with practising certificate to be employed as a Legal Advisor in Investment Bank. But if she decided to practice as a lawyer in future, she has to go through the 9 months chambering stint in order to be a qualified lawyer. In strict sense, she is not a qualified lawyer; legal adviser is merely a title.

to be called to the malaysia bar, one must have had 2 principal passes in the STPM or its equivalent. I studied in Singapore and received a diploma from a polytechnic there.

Do you know if my diploma would be considered as equivalent to the academic requirements (STPM) so as to be eligible to be called? thanks so much and cheers for helping so many ppl out on this site!

from your 2009 aug 12 comment,you said that there are 2 law firms who offers scholarship.is this still true now?and if yes,may i have the details please.thanks.

regards,elicious

Alternatively, I am also interested in joining the big firms in KL in their corporate department (particularly those with international firms affiliation), as such I would like to enquire as to their criteria for a chambee and future prospects of becoming a specialist lawyer ( if sucessfully employed) in the said field.

Thanks

I am not a law student, so i don’t anything about law. However, I have this friend she claimed that she has a law degree and as soon as she got her law degree from ‘university of london’ (is that such an university?) immediately she became a Legal Adviser for an investment bank. I asked why so, she said because she has obtained good result for her degree. Is that such a short cut to be a legal advisor? Also, may i know if she will need to go through her chambering?

Thank you for your reply Eddie.

I am new here. Does anyone know whether a person with a US law degree (JD) and an LLM from UK could take a Malaysian bar exam? Thanks for your response.

I do understand your frustration and anxiety, BUT I must tell you that getting 3rd class in your law degree is definitely not the end of the world.

If at all you are not able to practise law in law firm but there are many other options than working in law firm, e.g. you may work as legal officer in a non law firm, become legal editor, joining government service and other law related jobs.