Critics and the Bar Council have called for the CLP to be abolished and replaced with a new entrance exam that all law graduates must take.
In addition, 229 candidates obtained a conditional pass, having failed only one of the five subjects. They have another three attempts to pass that subject.Last year, 310 of the 1,038 candidates, or 30%, passed the annual examination, allowing them to commence a nine-month pupillage period under a lawyer with not less than seven years in active practice, a prerequisite to being called to the bar.
Critics, along with the Bar Council, had suggested that a common qualifying entrance examination replace the “tough” CLP to level the playing field for all law graduates.
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