I refer to the letter Why exempt local graduates from CLP?

Not only is the Certificate of Legal Profession (CLP) exempted for local graduates, under section 3 of the Legal Profession Act, National University of Singapore (NUS) law graduates don't need to take the CLP as well.

Surely, Singapore graduates would not be well-versed with Malaysian law, with the degree focused on Singapore law. Contrast this with Universiti Malaya's external Bachelor of Jurisprudence, where, despite being focused on Malaysian law, graduates are still required to take the CLP.

If indeed the certificate is used to prove sufficient knowledge in Malaysian law, shouldn't UM's external degree be exempted while the NUS is not? If the certificate's pass quota is meant to limit the number of lawyers in Malaysia, then at the very least, our government ought to own up to it.

Instead of limiting places, we ought to let the market determine the number of lawyers. If there are too many lawyers in Malaysia, their incomes would fall and there would be a higher attrition rate. If there are too little, salaries would rise - attracting more to join the profession.

However, if the CLP is meant to ensure quality of our lawyers and not to limit the number of practicing lawyers, it is certainly reasonable to ask local graduates (and NUS graduates, it would so happen) to take it.

If the quality of their law graduates is equivalent or higher than that of UK, Australia or New Zealand graduates, they really have nothing to worry about, isn't it?