ALSA Malaysia

The Asian Law Students' Association (ALSA) is a non-political association. A rising student organization, it currently comprises 15 member countries (Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam) and 2 observer countries (Myanmar and Bangladesh). The Asian Law Students' Association, Nation

al Chapter Malaysia (ALSA Malaysia) was officially founded in 2011 with the aims of promoting academic and cross-cultural exchanges between Asian law students. Today, it comprises of more than 1700 members from 13 established Local Chapters and 1 Observer:

1. Advance Tertiary College (ALSA ATC)
2. Brickfields Asia College (ALSA BAC)
3. Islamic International University Malaysia (ALSA IIUM)
5. INTI International University (ALSA INTI)
6. Kolej Damansara Utama University College (ALSA KDU)
7. Taylor's University (ALSA Taylor's)
8. Universiti Teknologi MARA (ALSA UiTM)
9. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (ALSA UKM)
10. University of Malaya (ALSA UM)
11. Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (ALSA UniSZA)
12. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (ALSA USIM)
13. Universiti Utara Malaysia (ALSA UUM)
14. Management & Science University (Observer MSU)

ALSA Malaysia has been active in the ALSA community both in participating, as well as hosting both national and international ALSA events. We aim to promote Malaysia as a choice destination for both post-graduate legal education, and an enriching legal career in Southeast Asia. We have hosted multiple international events.

1. ALSA International Conference 2012, Malaysia
2. ALSA Malaysia Study Trip 2015
3. ALSA International Conference 2016, Malaysia
4. ALSA International Moot Court Competition x ALSA International Legal Training Workshop 2017

We are also dedicated to organise two annual ALSA Malaysia National Events, namely:

1. ALSA Malaysia National Conference
2. ALSA Malaysia National Forum

All these events will go through a bidding process, whereby the successful Local Chapter will host for the aforementioned event. ALSA Malaysia focuses on the following:-

1. Promotion of Student Trainee Exchange Programme (STEP) for both local and international law students.

2. Host a National Legal Training Workshop to provided a platform of training and learning for local law students in an area of law. In 2016, the theme is Business Law whereby the training is focused on Mock Court Trial and Arbitration.

2. Partnership with top law firms in Malaysia to offer internship programmes to local and international law students to give them a chance to experience the substantive workings of the legal system in Malaysia. Our partnered law firms have the benefit of working with international law students from top-ranked law faculties in Asia. This presents a mutually beneficial situation for law firms seeking to expand regionally and for law students who wish to obtain an international exposure.

3. Provide a "panel system" to the local students to get attached to the highly established law firms in Malaysia.

4. Hosts a monthly talk or forum on different beneficial topics to broaden law students' horizons on the current issues in Malaysia in addition to global issues.

5. Produces a variety of merchandise which is featured in our published ALSA Malaysia Merchandise Book.

6. Publish an annual ALSA Malaysia Law Journal containing brilliant written works of Malaysian law students.