Depending on what type of lawyer you want to be. If you want to become an advocate, I bet you need more practical experiences as well as demeanour rather than good CGPA. https://twitter.com/szlkha/status/1312791873212145664

If you want to become a solicitor, then maybe you ought to need a higher CGPA or good reading skill.

But

No law subject ever taught you what you should do if a particular governmental body wouldn’t pick up your call after calling them for a week.

No law subject would teach you what to do when the police wouldn’t want to release your client even after the Magistrate has denied a remand order.

No law subject has ever prepared you to handle a client whom used good accounting skill and tax evasion to scam his funders.

No law subject would tell you to use ‘kata ganti nama ketiga’ when addressing every party involved in a court proceeding.

I failed Torts I and Consti I during first semester.

I failed Torts II twice and only passed during my 8th semester

I failed Consti II 3 times consecutively and only passed after 4th attempt

I was the first, one and only student to have failed International Trade (elective subject) twice and managed to pass on 3rd attempt just because the lecturer said my answer was answer similar to his and accused me to have broken the UiTM vault to get myself a copy of the answer

I was thrown out from a class during my last semester for being absent in a class whom a lecturer has said that attendance in her class was not mandatory

My group assignment gave me a second draft of agreement during viva. We were supposed to have the final draft each.

I was supposed to score my Civil Procedure but ended up slip and fell in the toilet where I was almost knocked unconscious and returned to exam hall to complete all answers within 30 minutes

I really studied for my Civil Procedure

Only brought a piece of paper and a pen to Criminal Law class cause I thought Criminal lawyers leeching off dirty money

During employment, you will either realised that you have made the worst decision of your life or that the lecturers have not taught you a single thing that can practically be used to complete your task

I graduated with 2.55 for my Bachelor of Legal Studies and 2.65 for my Degree in Law. Wanted to apply to become a DPP but cannot click next after filling the application form online for not meeting minimum requirement (need 2.75 CGPA)

Thought of becoming a Corporate lawyer but was exposed to Criminal Law instead

Hey, Criminal Law was easy. Less Acts to refer to. Less textbooks. Less cause papers. Less annoying clients. Less meetings. More successful chance of closing a deal than corporate

Set up my own firm right after chambering cause I am not answerable to anyone and surviving on Criminal law. Running 7th year

Found my firm on Google suggestion during my second year

Won some cases on my own. My de facto master never brought me to trial. I have to learn how to cross examine from ‘The Practice’ and text books. Your hands shivers during your first trial.

Won some more cases. Lose some. Gained some clients, lose many. But I still have clients from my first year of practice still contacting me. Guess that is good enough.

Went viral as a scammer lawyer on FB

Known worldwide as a lawyer whose advocating medicinal marijuana.

Waiver - not a user. I was born with stoned eyes

If you let a stranger judge you for who you are, then you are what he wants you to be.

Find your own self satisfaction.

I was once a lecturer and had to handle a class filled with third seaters, second seaters and first seater. UiTM has warned that they would terminate the relationship with the college due to bad performance. 99% of my students passed and only two failed. One was on mc

UiTM sent a letter of appreciation but not to me. Not a pat in the back from the Dean. Not even an acknowledgement of any kind. But that’s ok. This means that I can escape being in the office more

The coordinator called and personally congratulate me on the success.

Was a ‘Guru Ganti’ for 3 months but was told garang sgt

Was a cleaner in a factory after being a petrol pump attendant

Sold kuih raya and baju budak in bazaar ramadhan

Self taught myself how to trade forex and later found out it was a scam

Love solo day hike cause friends sembang letup letup

Married my 8 year sweetheart, got two sex trophies. A female and a male.

Still not a millionaire, no asset under my name, no savings

And my CGPA still sucks

You would either find my story to be inspiring, saddening or you’ve had worst.

Honestly speaking, I don’t care. That’s my life.

Find your own.