Asnida Mohd Suhaimi Suzanna Abdul Hadi Faculty of Law, University of Malaya

Introduction  Community Outreach Program (faculty activity)  Community Legal Education – optional/ internal elective course for 2 nd and 3 rd year students – 3 credit course

Community Outreach Program  Faculty activity  Clinic / street law  Training of staff  Training of students  Identification of issues – child / juvenile  Identification of partners – young offenders institutions / schools

Training of staff  Currently – 3 academic staff  Trained by BABSEACLE  2006 and 2007

In-House Workshop Law Faculty, University of Malaya 2007/08/09/10/11/12

Workshop  Lesson Plan  Classroom Management  Energizers  Basic Journaling  Best Logo Competition  Games

COP in Prison

COP in STB Young Offenders Institution

COP in Henry Gurney School (Girls)

COP at Children Activity Centre

SRI PUTRI (Institution for Girls)

SRI PUTRI (cont)

Secondary School

Primary School

TRAINING OTHERS  In 2009, COP started training Institutions in Malaysia  University Technology Mara (UiTM)  ERA Consumer (NGO)  Agensi Dadah Kebangsaan

COP GOES INTERNATIONAL Training law students from 1. University of Pancasila, Jakarta, Indonesia (May/ July 2010) 2. Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand (Dec 2009 / April 2010)

Prince of Songkla University

University of Pancasila Indonesia

Introducing CLE as a course  Community Legal Education- 3 credit course – optional/internal elective  Course objective:  To develop better trained and more social conscious lawyers

Problems and challenges 1. Type of program 2. CLE to fit into a pure law syllabus 3. The Malaysian Qualification Agency 4. Partnership 5. Lecturers/Supervisors

Type of program  A traditional Legal Clinic?  A teaching clinic?  Case study and advisory?

CLE to fit into a pure law syllabus  Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of Malaya – professional qualification  Section 10 & section 3 of the Legal Profession Act 1976 (Act 166)  Syllabus – approved by board of Studies on Law – representatives of the judiciary, government legal service and the Bar

The Malaysian Qualification Agency  The Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF)  Program objectives for law

Program Objectives 1.Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of substantive laws 2.Apply legal skills for the purpose of performing functions as an advocate and solicitor 3.Demonstrate social skills and responsibility towards society and the legal profession 4.Demonstrate values, attitude and professionalism of a lawyer 5.Communicate in Bahasa Malaysia and English as well as lead and work in a team 6.Solve legal problems by applying relevant laws critically 7.Identify, access and manage legal information and keep abreast with contemporary developments in law 8.Perform basic managerial and entrepreneurial skills

Partnership  Identify suitable partners  Identify issues  Prisons Department Malaysia  Department of Social Welfare Malaysia  NGO  Schools  Street vendors  Other university

Lecturers/Supervisors  University criteria- 1. Masters Degree 2. Appointed as a part timer/visiting lecturer

Community Legal Education  3 credit course a) Lesson plan development. b) Clinical c) Continuous Assessment

STREET LAW CLINIC FOR INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS  University of Malaya and Pasundan University, Bandung, Indonesia  Funding from OSI  Students  Survey, research, street law

Conclusion  Students were able to combine law and practice.  Development of soft skills  Course objective:  To develop better trained and more social conscious lawyers

Letter from Kajang Prison

THANK YOU TERIMA KASIH ASNIDA MOHD SUHAIMI SUZANNA ADBUL HADI Faculty of Law, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia T: F:

TERIMA KASIH Thank You COP Faculty of Law University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur Malaysia