This proposed exam will be compulsory for every student wishing to practice in Malaysia, including local graduates.
Court of Appeal judge Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail is chairing a working group to study its implementation.
The CBC model combines the modern legal education approaches in other Commonwealth countries as well as local requirements.
There will be modules not commonly seen in other courses to meet specific needs among local graduates, such as the Legal Language and Communication Skills to address the poor command of English and the Practice Management Skills to expose lawyers intending to start their own firm on risk management.
It will also feature a Student Law Office programme where the “students-at-law” will get to practice what they have learned in a simulated legal environment, which has been successfully carried out in Universiti Teknologi MARA.