New Bar Course expected in 2028, or 2029 at latest, says Azalina

The New Bar Course (NBC) in Malaysia is slated for implementation between 2028 and 2029, as outlined by Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform).

The Legal Profession Qualifying Board has established a task force to develop an operational framework and prepare necessary course content modules, a Learning Management System, and a Computer-Based Assessment system.

This initiative aims to reform the qualification system for law graduates in Malaysia by introducing conversion training and postgraduate professional preparation as part of the NBC.

Capacity-building for course providers and examiners is also underway to ensure a smooth rollout.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Malaysia’s New Bar Course (NBC) is expected to be implemented in 2028, or by 2029 at the latest, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said.

Azalina said the timeline took into account the preparations required and policies that still needed to be formulated by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board before the course could be rolled out.

She said the board established the New Bar Course Task Force on April 27, 2026, to conduct a study and develop an operational framework for the NBC.

“The main objective of the NBC study is to develop an operational framework for the implementation of the NBC and ensure that planning to realise the NBC runs smoothly,” she said in a written parliamentary reply.

Azalina said the board and the task force were taking the necessary steps towards implementation, including preparing course content modules for the Conversion Course (CC) and Legal Practice Postgraduate Certificate (LPPC) programmes, as well as a question bank.

Other preparations include procuring a Learning Management System and Computer-Based Assessment system for the NBC, drafting academic regulations for the CC and LPPC programmes, and strengthening the board’s organisational structure and workforce to operate the programmes.

The board is also planning capacity-building for paper setters, examiners and assessors, while criteria are being drawn up for course providers seeking to conduct the LPPC.

The New Bar Course is intended to form part of reforms to Malaysia’s system for qualifying law graduates for legal practice, with the proposed framework covering conversion training and postgraduate professional preparation.

The initiative is being developed under the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, which oversees professional qualification requirements for admission to legal practice in Malaysia.

Azalina was responding to a question from Kesavan Subramaniam (PH-Sungai Siput), who asked for the latest status of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board’s implementation of the NBC and when the course was expected to begin.

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马来西亚首相署（法律和体制改革）部长拿督斯里阿扎丽娜·奥斯曼·赛义德概述，马来西亚的新律师资格课程（NBC）计划于 2028 年至 2029 年间实施。

法律职业资格委员会已成立一个工作组，负责制定操作框架并准备必要的课程内容模块、学习管理系统和计算机辅助评估系统。

这项举措旨在改革马来西亚法律毕业生的资格体系，将转换培训和研究生专业准备纳入国家律师资格认证体系。

目前也在开展课程提供方和考官的能力建设，以确保顺利推行。

吉隆坡，10月6日讯——首相署（法律及体制改革）部长拿督斯里阿扎丽娜·奥斯曼·赛义德表示，马来西亚新律师资格考试（NBC）预计将于2028年实施，最迟将于2029年实施。

阿扎利娜表示，该时间表考虑到了法律职业资格委员会在课程推出之前所需的准备工作和仍需制定的政策。

她说，委员会于 2026 年 4 月 27 日成立了新律师资格考试课程工作组，负责开展研究并为新律师资格考试制定操作框架。

她在给议会的书面答复中表示：“国家生物安全控制研究的主要目标是制定国家生物安全控制实施的操作框架，并确保国家生物安全控制的规划顺利进行。”

阿扎利娜表示，董事会和工作组正在采取必要的措施来实现这一目标，包括为转换课程 (CC) 和法律实践研究生证书 (LPPC) 课程准备课程内容模块，以及建立题库。

其他准备工作包括为国家认证委员会 (NBC) 采购学习管理系统和计算机化评估系统，为 CC 和 LPPC 课程起草学术规章，以及加强委员会的组织结构和人员配备以运营这些课程。

委员会还计划对命题人、考官和评估员进行能力建设，同时也在制定希望举办 LPPC 的课程提供者的标准。

新律师资格课程旨在成为马来西亚法律毕业生执业资格制度改革的一部分，拟议的框架涵盖转换培训和研究生专业准备。

该计划由马来西亚法律职业资格委员会负责制定，该委员会负责监督马来西亚法律从业人员的专业资格要求。

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