ex-public uni law grad here, now working in one of the mentioned law firm by one of the /k

IMHO, UKM still on the higher side, losing to UITM, UM, UIA and maybe MMU.

As long as your english is good, it doesnt really matter which public uni you graduate from. If your english is shit, god bless you with whatever degree you have. Also, studying in law in BM may not be that bad, especially if you intend to do litigation, in practice, cause papers are drafted in both English and Malay, tho usually we draft in English and translated them to Malay - proper translation requires proper mastery of Malay language, i have experience pupils in my place with SPM A+ in BM but present to me garbage tier translations.

that being said, it is true overseas grads are favoured over public grad for a simple reason, they present themselves better, they speaks better english and it is always assumed that they performed better than public grad.

in my place, we generally prefer foreign grads. however we do have local grad from public uni working as lawyers (lets forget about pupillage, anyone with half a brain can get into anywhere for pupillage) besides UUM right now, i myself came from a what i would call the real lower spectrum of local uni in malaysia XD most of the lawyers (also pupils) are from overseas and UOL external