Prior to this, I have heard many stories where most law attachment students only dealt with administrative jobs such as photocopying documents, printing and scanning, serving documents and so on. However, things are different here in ACC. True enough, the abovementioned tasks are inevitable in a law firm. Besides those administrative tasks, I was actually exposed to many hands-on experiences in ACC. I was glad that I could finally put what I have learnt in law school into practice. I also came across many legal documents which I never got to learn in law school \u2013 affidavit, statement of claim, notice of demand, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Court Visits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During my tenure of attachment in ACC, I was given the\nchance to follow Mr Chang to attend hearings in the Court of Appeal in\nPutrajaya, the Kuala\nLumpur High Court and the Shah\nAlam High Court. The court visits allowed me to observe and learn from\nthe hearings. I got to witness how each counsel presented their submissions to\nthe judge. Further, I also had\nthe opportunity to witness an application for the annulment of bankruptcy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Court Deportment\nand Colorful Words<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the open court hearings I attended was definitely the\nhighlight of my attachment in ACC. The hearing was in relation to the Defendant\nseeking leave to file rejoinder wherein Mr Chang was acting for the Plaintiff.\nIt was a rather intense hearing as the judge personally commented on the\nWritten Submission submitted by the Defendant\u2019s counsel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The counsel was too overenthusiastic and had apparently used\ntoo many \u2018colorful words\u2019 in his submission. The judge noted that he was\nlooking through the Lexicon to get those words. The judge took offense and\nreminded the Defendant\u2019s counsel that he was not participating in a high school\ndebate. Further, the judge even requested the Defendant\u2019s counsel to issue an\napology to Mr Chang in which the counsel repeatedly apologize to both the Court\nand Mr Chang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I was fortunate enough to witness such an interesting\nhearing during my time in ACC. It taught me one important lesson – less is\nmore. In some circumstances, doing more will not necessarily be a good thing.\nBeing overenthusiastic may end up attracting the displeasure of the Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mooting and\nMeeting a Judge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mooting is a tradition in ACC. All attachment students will be given a chance to participate in an in-house mooting session. We were given an approximate period of about one week to read the case file, do thorough research and complete our own submission. It was an eye-opening experience to me as it was my first time mooting. In my opinion, the mooting session helped improve my written and oral advocacy skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Mr Chang, I also had the opportunity to meet the\nformer retired judge of the Court of Appeal, Dato\u2019 Kang Hwee Gee during my\ntenure of attachment at ACC. Dato\u2019 Kang was invited to be the guest judge for\nthe in-house moot. When we were told of this, I was very nervous as I had not\nparticipate in any mooting prior to this, what more to submit our case in front\nof a real judge. However, post mooting, I was glad that I was given this rare\nopportunity. Dato\u2019 Kang was not only humble and friendly, he patiently attended\nto all our queries besides giving us valuable advice at the end of the mooting\nsession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello Confidence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of my biggest takeaway during my attachment in ACC was\ndefinitely boosting my\nown confidence level. I remembered vividly on my first day in ACC, I was given\nan easy task which I could not complete – to ask each and every colleague a\nquestion. Yes, such an easy task but I failed to do it because I was too shy to\nspeak in front of everyone. Fast forward three weeks later, I presented my moot\nsubmission confidently in front of Dato\u2019 Kang, Mr Chang, and all other\ncolleagues. I spoke and argued my case confidently, though there were still\nsome mistakes made. I was glad to receive positive feedbacks regarding my\nperformance from Dato\u2019 Kang,\nMr Chang and my colleagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I am really thankful to be able to grow and improve myself\nthroughout this one month. I now possess better oratory skills than before. My\nsincere gratitude to Mr Chang for providing me a platform to learn and for\npointing out my strengths and weaknesses to allow me to further improve myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thankful and\nGrateful<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The past one month in ACC had definitely equipped me with\nskills and experiences that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I would\nlike to take this opportunity to express my utmost gratitude to Mr Chang, Miss\nElaine, Miss Chow, Miss Janice and Miss Lim for their guidance and teachings. I\nwould also like to thank Miss Jaryne, Miss An Ni, Miss Chai, Miss Ting and Miss\nQama for the help and support given throughout my attachment. I wish all of you\nthe best in your future endeavours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tan Kejing Stepping out of my comfort zone, I applied for my first ever attachment here at Alex Chang & Co (hereinafter ACC). It was short, but worth it, fruitful and rewarding. ACC was a great platform for me to gain deeper insights into the legal field. 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