Hey all,
I'm a third year law student from a local uni.
I have a huge dilemma and I need some advice on this matter.
I'm a Sime Darby scholar and will be attached for four years after graduating.
Before this, I felt secured because I wont have to deal with the problems of finding jobs.
However, just now, I met a practicing lawyer from Shook Lin and Boh at the library and he really brainwashed me and made me regret of having to be bonded with Sime Darby. He said that I will waste 4 years of my life working there. I should have chosen a scholarship that will not bind me after graduating.
This really worries me. He even asked me to annul my contract of scholarship with Sime Darby because he said many of his friends that were bound by Petronas, Bank Negara and etc, regretted and eventually they put an end to their contracts and have to pay back all the money to the respective companies.
Oh my god. What should I do?
He even asked me to work with the AGs, apply to be a DPP, working with large firms or anything, other than being bound with such companies.
I really need some advise on this.
Thank you so much..

Do Alevel, it's not that i look down on STPM students, it's just that if you have the opportunity to make your education background prettier in your resume, why not ?

Moreover people you know when you are studying in Alevel is different provided that you choose the correct local or overseas private university.

I think overall A levels would provide a more well rounded approach to preparing for your degree, compared to STPM. Harder does not necessarily mean better students.

Also, if you want to do law, I suggest you take sciences as your subjects, skip the humanities subjects ( sociology or econs excluded - they are solid subjects). It's makes a huge difference in preparing you for the vigourous legal training ahead.

I'm a science student. :-)

Does anyone have any info regarding ATC Penang? Alumni, especially. I know this is highly subjective but it would be great if I got some input regarding lecturers and overall teaching quality.

I'll probably be doing my LLB there and I know ATC has a great reputation for Law, but I think what most people are implying the KL campus, not the Penang campus.

I've found that not too much of people mentioning Nirwana college for its Pre Law A Level which only take 9 month to complete. Does it mean it was unpopular and the lecturer was kinda bad compared to other college ?

Guys ...can any one here direct me to a site where i can get the past years Q & A for A levels....thx..

Thx sreeking...for the link ...........twas just that you can go for fishing in the sea without any guidance or advice from experienced personnel s and take a whole day to find a good spot....on the other hand you can save a whole day if you get the info from experienced personnel s on as to where are the good spots....this was smthg like that...cheers...  

I'm a F5 student currently and i wanna ask that , Besides Public Univercities , any private colleges are recognised by the Bar and the Jpa? Thanks

Hi Noname,

Actually I entered IIUM in 94 using my A'Levels results so it is possible but I am not sure about the current situation. The only drawback (or advantage in my opinion) is that you will have to study Arabic and minor in Islamic Law. You have to pass Level 6 of Arabic to graduate (basically be able to read the Arabic newspaper). Why don't you try there? During my time it was really cheap less than 10K for four years including board.

BTW, a lot of my classmates are doing really well and although in my year there was only two chinese law students, both of us did well. One very high profile female opposition DAP politician was also from IIUM, one year my senior.