Saturday, March 29, 2008

My Life as a Teenage Law Student


(Ni-lah journal yang terakhir aku hantar untuk evaluation..saja nak published)

This is my last entry for my journal, therefore I was quite excited to think about what should I write for this time. At last, I came out with an idea which is to write about my first four months being a law student in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Life was not easy during the earlier weeks because there were a lot of cases to read, thick books to finish but I am able to go through all such thing with helps from my senior and my friends. Beside that, I have to struggle with my self-confidence, whether I can be a good lawyer? Once, my friend told me that potential law student read books by John Grisham. I don’t read books by John Grisham, does it make me as non-potential law student? I’ve bought one but I can’t finish read it. So, I try to change my method in learning the law by bought DVDs. So far, I’ve own Law & Order DVD collection, Devil’s Advocate, The Chamber, Legally Blonde, Primal Fear and so on. It costs me a lot but it is worthwhile. I learnt how to think like a lawyer, the meaning of some legal jargon, English proficiency by help of the subtitles and so on. Sometimes if I was ended up being boring reading all thick books, I kept repeated the DVDs to get some inspirations.

Some said life as a law student is boring. Yes, it is if you don’t do other thing other than stuck with the cases and law books. There are lots of thing to do, as for me I joined the Asian Law Student Association as a member of the Sponsorship Secretariat to find sponsors for the Law Students Conference next year. I did telemarketing, I called the law firms, I went out to have an appointment and at last I’m able to get a sponsor. It was fun as I get the chance to learn new things. Other than that, I participated in every clinic or talk organized by the Perundang. For example, currently I attended the Client Counseling Clinic and later participated in the UKM Internal Round. Even though my team did not win the competition but my aim is to learn. I enjoyed each thing that has been organized by the Perundang. Besides that, I also have fun by being a member of Kelab Penyayang, Rakan Muda, Urusetia Kerjaya and United Nation Club. These clubs help me to think out of the “legal” box and offered me a lot of experience through their activities.

After four months being in UKM, now I get used to everything I went through, sleep late at night, wake up early in the morning, skip my lunch time and carried my heavy notebook everywhere I go. Apart from that, I’m trying my best to get over the transport problem. It is the only thing that still not changed. After all, other things are all right with me. I believe that not everyone has the chance to further studies. Therefore, I would not let such thing like transport problems worried my mind. I got better job to do such as fill up myself with up-to-date information, be brave enough to make mistake and learn from it. Last but not least, perhaps I can take this opportunity to thank my English for Law lecturer, Mdm. Sitha K for being so supportive in assists me to understand this subject and I really appreciate her efforts.

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