Zhu Misnhen, second from right, welcoming the Chinese Consul
and others to his Top Group Law School Moot Court
The NSW LPAB's decision to grant Zhu Misnhen his "very unique" and "one and only" license to issue law degrees that qualify holders for admission to practise law in NSW and in Australia raises the question: why not then degrees from the top law schools in this region, which are in common law jurisdictions?
The list would include the law faculties at the National University Of Singapore, University Of Malaya, University Of Hong Kong and India's National Law University.
These are all common law jurisdictions in which English is the first if not second language, and where the legal systems were established by the British more than a century ago, with the assistance of lawyers and judges from the United Kingdom.
While the common law has of course developed differently in each jurisdiction the methods of legal research and scholarship are essentially the same, as would most if not all the primary English cases on which their precedents are based.
Given advances in technology a good grounding in online legal research methods is all that a lawyer trained in a common law jurisdiction requires to practise law in any other common law jurisdiction.
It is a fact that legal research and drafting from even the US is being outsourced to Indian companies the specialise in legal work.
Australia and especially the NSW LPAB, and the Law Council Australia have decided that even an unknown private company may join the ranks of its best law schools. There is no reason then why lawyers from the best universities in this region should not be admitted to practise here.
TO BE READ WITH
by Ganesh Sahathevan
The English translated version of Top Education's new Chinese website refers specifically to approval from the Law Council Of Australia:
2015 is of great significance to our school. The Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) and the Law Council of Australia of the Australian Government ’s Department of Justice have officially approved the provision of legal education in this school. This school is the first private higher education institution in Australia to obtain certification in teaching law. Having formal legal education means that students can apply to become a professional lawyer after graduation.
This is in variance with the NSW LPAB's version of events; the NSW LPAB refers only to consultation with the Law Council Of Australia and other state LPABs, in the process of granting Zhu and Top's application.
The reference to the "Australian Government ’s Department of Justice may be reference to the Commonwealth Attorney General's Chambers, or the NSW Department Of Justice.
From the new TOPEEDUCHINA.COM website:
The English translated version of Top Education's new Chinese website refers specifically to approval from the Law Council Of Australia:
2015 is of great significance to our school. The Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) and the Law Council of Australia of the Australian Government ’s Department of Justice have officially approved the provision of legal education in this school. This school is the first private higher education institution in Australia to obtain certification in teaching law. Having formal legal education means that students can apply to become a professional lawyer after graduation.
This is in variance with the NSW LPAB's version of events; the NSW LPAB refers only to consultation with the Law Council Of Australia and other state LPABs, in the process of granting Zhu and Top's application.
The reference to the "Australian Government ’s Department of Justice may be reference to the Commonwealth Attorney General's Chambers, or the NSW Department Of Justice.
From the new TOPEEDUCHINA.COM website:
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