As in lay man terms, it is one of the most memorable day for a lawyer in his journey of becoming a lawyer. His name is being added to the Rolls of High Court (being admitted to the Bar as an advocate & solicitor of Malaya). Fortunately, I had the opportunity to witness such ceremony taking place in my local court.
The day before, we received a fax stating that my Master (lawyer) is representing the national Bar and also the state Bar Committee in the call of a chambering pupil to the bar. Usually done after "long call" or 9 months from the date the student started chambering .
Later, in the evening, the student himself walked into the office and handed over his petition (yeah, they call it petition for personal document, certs etc).
On the very next day, we went to the court early. I sat at the public gallery patiently -eagerly- waiting for the call even though it was not my call -yet. The pupil walked into the court and told my master that his Chambering Master couldn't attend the ceremony -a norm thing among busy and famous lawyers- therefore the robing ceremony will be done by the pupil's father himself. And oh yeah, he was not sure about who is going to move his call to the bar. He said that his master appointed a lawyer to move his but he does not know who it was. And a lawyer walked and said "I'm moving your call". The ceremony began with the lawyer giving his speech -which was written by the student himself, which is totally wrong- and then the robing ceremony.
Later, the presiding judge gave a talk. He advised the new lawyer - no more chambering student once admitted to the bar- to always keep himself always updated and up to the standards to raise the standards of the Bar. He also advised him to always maintain the integrity of this very noble profession, the legal profession. These were the main things that the presiding judge spoke.
Usually, after the call to the bar, the new lawyer would have lunch together with the judge in the chamber and the rest of the court's staffs would have theirs outside. And they did. Buy my master and I went back since we have other more important things to attend to.
Hence, thats all I have to say about being admitted to the Bar. Even though, it was not my call but I was pretty excited since it was my very first time witnessing such event taking place. And I feel so fortunate to be there. It will serve as a source of inspiration for me in future to be a successful lawyer someday.
Kudos. And happy reading.
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