UUUK4063 - Reflection Post I

1) Interview Simulation

It was the first assessment that we had to go thru. This is an individual assessment and I am in the first group to do the interview with Prof. Madya Dr Safinaz bt Mohd Hussein.

It may not apply to the other student, but the tense was really real 😅. We were encouraged to master the past Civil Procedure 1 as a preparation to attend the interview. In my formal black and white attire, I nailed my interview. Joke 😂 I was too nervous to even breath. I can't think straight and mumbling thru the entire interview. Beside answering the interviewer question, we were also given the opportunity to ask any question (just like any real interview). At the end of the interview, the Dr Safinaz pointed out our weakness, so that we can improved and apply later in real interview that we might attend later in future. And my weakness was....TOO NERVOUS.

Well, i fully believed that this interview does help me preparing myself for the real interview. I just done my interview for pupillage, and by learning from my past mistake that overly nervous isn't really a good friend, I told myself hundreds of times to chill and keep calm while answering all the questions. This mode of assessment maybe doesn't help much with the Civil Procedure knowledge 😅 but it helps me in another terms.

2) Talent Based Assessment

6 weeks before the due date, we was asked by Prof. Madya Dr. Shahrul Mizan to list out 3 of our talents, and my list was cook, gaming, reading, and presenting ( yes, I listed 5). After one week, Dr. Mizan put us in group according to our talent. The instruction was to pick any topic from Civil Procedures and relate and expand it by way of our talent (chosen by Dr Mizan). And guess what my talent is...??! COOK!!!

Teamed up with 3 other students, we seriously believed we were cooked up. How are we going to interpret Civil Procedure into cooking? But I guess that's why creativity is one of the most wanted criteria by the employer out there. After 5 weeks of hustle with the idea of cooking, we then decided to cook SOTO, or u can called it as Bihun Soup 😆😆.

Some students need to dance, some were singing, writing, creating game, doing mooting, acting, and we need to cook. My opinion regarding this mode of assessment? I'm sorry, but this mode seriously doesn't help much as a Civil Procedure learning process. There are lots of weakness with this type of assessment and I can point out about the finance issues, time consuming and the pressures that we had to face just to prepare ourselves for this assessment. I believe in classical mode, where the lecturer teach us normally in class. But, who knows,, maybe it's just me that doesn't suitable with this mode. we were having fun, but I believe that at the end of the day, the knowledge is the only matter, right?

3) Pressure Assessment

For this mode of assessment, we were given 4 hours to complete list tasks given. The task given to me was (1) prepare and file SOC, (2) File for subpoena (3) Prepare and file order and judgment for SJ (4) Attend a one sided PTCM - the opponent unable to attend (5) Write a legal Opinion (6) Meeting with senior partner. I manage to only complete 3 over these 6 tasks.

In my opinion, this mode is actually really good for students. Not only we can learn about Civil Procedure theoretically, but we can actually feel how the world works. We learn so much about time management, stress management, drafting, and doing works efficiently. I really suggested this mode of assessment to all the lecturers out there. It may be quite hard on the student, but if it is easy, then we won't learn.

Real lawyer were called to advice us, so we can learn from the real lawyer. I was very satisfied about this thing. The lawyers was very nice and I'm glad that Dr Shahrul Mizan doing this method of assessment on us.