Bar Professional Training Course Sept 2011 application.

Well, today, finally, as I said, my BPTC application deadline has been extended and I got the link.

Right after I copy and paste on the BPTC website(as I was told), it comes out to the page I want only when I am using Firefox. I can't access to it through Google Chrome.

Anyway, I can access to it and submit!

The bright side, no any refill needed because apparently I was able to submit the form but not payment so now I can't make any alteration on it and now the Board just have to take my payment and my BPTC application has been officially submitted!!!

The bad thing, I can't change if I see something I am not satisfied of, but at least I can't change that means I wont spend a whole day to stare at the form without doing anything, it is a good thing too. LOL

Herein attached with the whole form that I have completed that day in rush, and what I have to do is, wait and hope for a good answer and I believe yeah, I can make it!!!

The September 2011 BPTC application form of mine:

Cho Kang Lew

Bio Data
Title	Mr
Address	20 Llanbleddian Gardens Room 1 Cathay Cardiff CF24 4AT
Country	United Kingdom
Telephone number	07510709411
Given name(s)	Cho Kang
Family name	Lew
Date of birth	13/03/1989
Nationality	Malaysian
Please provide your passport number	A22833229
Country of birth	Malaysia
Country of domicile or permanent residence?	Malaysia
If you are not a British national please state the date of your most recent entrance into the UK (apart from holidays) if applicable.	23/09/2010
Are you a home, EU or international student?	International
Do you consider yourself to have a disability?	No
Academic Stage of Training for The Bar
Academic Stage of Training	Law Degree (QLD)
Academic stage of training - QLD
Institution	Cardiff University
Course	LLB Law
Penultimate year grade	2.1
Final year grade	To be notified
Total period of study	3 years full-time
Length of course enrolled on	3 Years Full-Time
Start date	01/12/2008
End date	01/06/2011
Have you transferred credit from one Qualifying Law Degree provider to another during your QLD course?	Yes
Please name the Institution from which you are transferring credit	Cardiff University
Have you applied for and obtained a Certificate of Academic Standing (Credit Transfer) from The Bar Standards Board?	No
School Education
Name of school	SMK Sri Sentosa
School address	Jalan Kuchai Lama Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Date started	02/01/2002
Date finished	31/12/2008
Type of qualification	Other
List subjects and grades	General Studies - A Chemistry - C+ Biology - B-
Qualification date	31/12/2008
Higher Education
University	Cardiff University
University address
Degree taken	Degree
Attendance status	Full-time
Grade	To be notified
Subject	Law
Start date	27/09/2010
Date finished	17/06/2011
Employment History
Employer name	Star RFM (M) Sdn Bhd
Employer address	988, Star RFM Sdn Bhd, 19th Floor, Bangunan AmAssurance, 1 Jalan Lumut, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Employer country	Malaysia
Employment position	News editor
Employment date from	28/12/2008
Employment date to	30/04/2010
Please give details of your responsibilities	This company owns a few of radio stations and a newspaper. I worked in one of the radio station. My tasks were gather the news from time to time, get interviews, draft, write and edit the news before broadcasting. Also, I was assistant producer to a morning show and my responsibilities are picking up the calls from listeners, discuss the programmes that should be running everyday in the show, calling out to get interviews and voice over for the show, edit the voice over before broadcasting and assist in directing the radio announcer in the flow of the show.
Reason for leaving	It was a short period that I was working in that company because I had to leave to study abroad in United Kingdom.
Where applicable, how did this post help you to develop skills relevant to practising as a barrister?	I was exposed to a current issues that is happening to around me all that while which developed my skill to be aware and concern about current issues. As a lawyer, it is important to know and get around with the news happening everyday especially the changes in law as law changes from time to time. It is extremely crucial to know if the law changes as this could effectively affect the job as a barrister. No expired law that is applicable. Thus, I had a bigger exposure in surroundings. Besides that, the interview process and communicate with listener would also benefit me for legal field as good communication and interpersonal skills are required. Furthermore, I was a guest once in the show and my superior complimented me that I performed well in the show. Being a guest in a live talk show should has a good spontaneous speaking skill which it is proved that I do possess when my superior complimented me.
Employer name	DTSD MArketing Sdn Bhd
Employer address	37-3 , Jalan 10/116B, Kuchai Entrepreneur’s Park,Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Employer country	Malaysia
Employment position	Telemarketer
Employment date from	28/12/2008
Employment date to	30/04/2010
Please give details of your responsibilities	My tasks were cold calling to the customers, gathering and compiling the customers' information and I was also Head of Telemarketing department which held interview to new telemarketers as well as attended meeting with the Director of the company.
Reason for leaving	As it was examination period for my second year of law degree and I require a full concentration on my study in order for me to get into a good University. Thus, I left the job.
Where applicable, how did this post help you to develop skills relevant to practising as a barrister?	Telemarketing requires a lot of communicating, interpersonal and speaking skills, which is also required by being a barrister. As we have no idea who are we calling out and the customers do not expect our calls, we might get scolded and hung up anytime. We are requires to think and speak spontaneously as customers that we could be facing consists of all type of people. However, I was coping well with that and I am the only telemarketer in the company who was able to hit the target every week. being the Head of Telemarketer and attending meeting with Director is where I developed my skill to organize the documents and informations and convey the message accurately to my fellow telemarketers.
Skills
Language skills. Please indicate your first language and fluency in any other languages.	My first language is Mandarin but besides that I do know English and Malay language as well. I can write, read, comprehend three of those languages. Other than that, I can speak a few of language in Chinese for example Cantonese and Hakka.
Computing skills	As a student, I was excellent in Microsoft Office Excel, Words and Power Point. As being a being a barrister requires a lot of research skill which I had already developed it throughout my legal studies as I need to research and gather informations for my assignments, examination as well as my extra curricular activities such as mooting and Pro Bono. Lexis and Nexis and West Law are definitely familiar to me.
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction where you intend to practise	England & Wales
Inn Details
Inn of Court	Lincoln's Inn
Inn of Court membership status	Application yet to be made
As of	01/01/2011
Previous BVC / Bar Examination attempts
Have you previously attempted a BVC?	No
Supporting Evidence
Please detail any mini-pupillages or other Bar related experiences that you have undertaken.	I had taken my initiative to involve myself in the legal field ever since I found out I am interested in Law. I participated in a student attachment programme in Arifin and Partners, a legal firm in Malaysia when I finished my high school education in Malaysia. Unlike ordinary firms in Malaysia, due to the high number of lawyers and partners in the firm, the firm has offered various legal services. The services varied from family, tort, trusts, bankruptcy and accidents' cases. It exposes me to not only to a certain law but many. My tasks and responsibilities were depending on the employer's will but mostly, my jobs were compiling and organising legal documents and files, amending the judgement's documents and basically working as an assistant clerk of my employers. At the same time, I have gained a lot of knowledge regarding to the legal field, even before I started to pursue my legal studies. It helped a lot as the experienced lawyers in the firm was more than happy to share their knowledge and experience that they have learned during their whole professional practicing period. Drafting legal documents, winding up a company, property auctioning and evidence handling were being taught at that time.In addition, my employers did bring me to various places which I considered it was very eye opening. I have attended to court room and a few auctioning sessions. Ever since I grasped this tiny bit of law's nature, I believe that being lawyer is what I want all these times. Seeking justice for underpriviledged and aiding the needed would be my principle in this legal business. During my year of legal studies in Cardiff University, I took part in mooting competition by the Law School and I have more roles to play other than being a participant.I was a mooter and also a judge for a few rounds in the competition. Although it was the first time I took part in this event, I find it very interesting and I am sure that is what I want in my future life. In short, I am confident to say I am no ordinary law scholar. I am studying law not for the sake of studying it. I like law for how it can bring order to humanity. I have lived exposing myself in the legal business before I was enrolled into the course. I would love to continue living this special life, as an barrister, bearing the responsiblilty of bringing justice to the masses.
Please explain why you want to train as a barrister.	Challenge, I am looking for.As a lawyer, holding to justice and protecting the law are no doubt a mandatory duty. But it is the passion that deviates an oridnary legal officer from a great justice seeker.I would choose to become a barrister instead of solicitor because I am sure of my true place-to-be. Knowing my own self is no more important than anything and fortunately, I know myself is not cut out for the nine to five pace life. I should be standing, in the middle of a court room,during a trial, taking pride when every single word I speak is to defend the last forte of justice. I would say, it will be more challenging in my daily life than a solicitor. Barristers are the one who bear the burden to advocate for their client which make his work way more interesting compared to a solicitor who working environment comprises more of paper works. Besides, barrister's job does not stop on the paperworks but it also involves representing the client in court. I do not wish to stay aside and watch helplessly when another barrister is defending our client. Given some times to hone my skills,I strongly believe that I am capable of representing my client in court, convincing the judge how my client deserves the fair and justice. That is also why barrister is in a better position of seeking fairness to me. If I would want to step up and help, I have to do it myself. I am the one who tell my client that he or she if she can wins in a certain case and I am the one who suppose to do it. Words and feeling could not be expressed entirely from one to another and it is so, I would perform my job as a lawyer, which is passionate and enthusiastic to look for justice for my client better as a barrister. Also, I am a person who like to speak, advocate, persuade and convince. Barristers' nature of work will suit me best.
Please provide specific examples of your ability to quickly and accurately analyse large amounts of written information.	First of all, I took part in Pro Bono Scheme that was held by my school, Cardiff Law School. As before attending the Pro Bono training, I was given a whole stack of documents to read through and understand what is the training session about. Although it was not compulsory for me to know about everything before the session, but I set it as a goal for me. I was not given a lot of time as the documents was given a few days before the session. Besides, it even sometimes those information or papers are only given right after I entered the room. However, I was able to go through those documents quickly and therefore I understand the procedure and the session fairly well. Other than that, I was a mooter. I was also given a limited time to research, prepare the skeleton argument and my speech and luckily I was able to get through it as I believe that I posses the skill of fast reading no matter how much the information are. When I was a judge in a mooting competition, the briefing for judges was only an hour before the actual mooting starts. In that case, I was required to analyse and get familiar the case in one hour with documents which I was also able to perform well. As mentioned, I can accurately analyse a large amount of written documents albeit the work loads in my study. Last but not least, while I was a student attachment in the legal firm, one of my task is to organise the documents according to various event by reading the information inside. I was only able to do so if I were familiar with the law which at that time, I know nothing about the legal field. I was provided some books so that I can cope with the company's demand and I did it excellently.
Please provide specific examples of when you have displayed exceptional communication and/or interpersonal skills.	I was Head Perfect, who is equivalent to the student representative in my high school. However, I was elected in different way from all former head perfect. As for my case, I was voted and elected by all the teachers in school, compared to the conventional way which is chosen by senior committee members of the board. In the way of me being chosen, it clearly shows that I am good in communicating and socialising with people. My high school's dicipline is famous across the State that I am living in, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and thus the duty of head perfect who is responsible for governing the school rules should not be taken lightly. In that highly competitive circumstances, I was able to out stand myself among all other candidates and make a good impression on all teachers is proved that I worthy of such important role. Besides, I was also a student reporter for a newspaper company in Malaysia. I have interviewed all walks of people and organizing state level events from time to time, which obviously where I improve and strengthen my interpersonal skills. I happened to be the president of the Student Reporting Body that time. The student reporters are chosen among the best students in respective school in all over the country and I was a president among the best students proved I have a strong leading skill to earn their respect. I was chosen to join the National Service in Malaysia, similar to an military training and lasts for three months. It consists of people who are from different ethnic backgrounds and we are expected to communicate with everybody. It was difficult as people from different background will be having communication failure sometimes due to the different thought and living culture. However, I was able to mix up with all of them and we do still contact each other until today.
Please provide specific examples of how you have developed your advocacy and public speaking skills, preferably since the age of 18.	As mentioned, I was the Head Prefect in my high school, when I was 18 to 19 years old. Based on the best knowledge before I leave the school, the amount of the students in my high school was about 2200 students and I was at the zenith of the student level. Apart from holding scholl assembly weekly, I have to give a speech on special occasion and I convey the messages from teachers to all of them. This experience was non other than speaking to thousands of fellow students. It was no doubt that I possess a very good public speaking skill. Other than that, I have about 100 prefects who are under my command as well. It is my duty to speak to them in every meeting with no fear and full confident in order to lead them on dealing with school rules and especially problematic students. As the leader of the school rule-enforcers, I also bear the responsibility to help my fellow prefects, regardless study or duty-wise. It is crucial for me to know how to advocate and confront them. For the most problematic students will be brought before me as well and I was expected to deal with them without bringing to teachers to keep the trouble to a minimal level. There are particular ways to deal with delinquents which requires advocacy so that they will abide by the rules in the future. In addition, I was required to deal with principal in some matters and by meeting them, I clearly needs sufficient advocacy skill to cope with the needs. Also, I was an active debater. I took part in many inter-school debate competition since I was 14 years old and I won the first cup in debate competition for my school and later, I was also chosen to be the best debater in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in an interstate debate competition. I am the first in my high school to achieve such honour in debating. It provens more that I possess a well advocacy and public speaking skills.
Please describe a time when you have been particularly under pressure and how you organised your work.	When I was in Malaysia and reading my first and second year of law, I was working as well. As a law student, the amount of work loads is already a lot but I have to cope with my work without ignoring my study. There was once that me as a tutor in a tuition center needs to compile the past year examination papers for my tutees. The dateline is so happened to crash with one of my assignment's deadline. At the same time, I am having pressure from my job as telemarketer to hit the target every week. However, I was manage to cope with them and manage all of them using my time management skill. I was able to finish all of them on time and I got a good marks for that assignment while I achieved the goal of the week as telemarketer.
References
Title	Dr
Forename	Christine
Surname	Byron
Position	Lecturer in Law
Address	Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Country	United Kingdom
Telephone number	029 208 4631
Email address	ByronC@cf.ac.uk
Title	Mr
Forename	Raja
Surname	Singham
Position	Managing Director
Address	Brickfields Asia College 68-2, Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur.
Country	Malaysia
Telephone number	03-22744165
Email address	r.singham@bac.edu.my
Application Details
First choice	Cardiff Law School - Full time course
Please state the reason for this choice	It is because I am familiar with the environment and it is nice. Cardiff is a good, pretty and a nice city and of course, Cardiff University has a good Law School.Besides, it provides the modules that I want.
Second choice	College of Law Birmingham - Full time course
Please state the reason for this choice	The University is a reputable one and the cost is cheap.
Third choice	City Law School - Full time course
Please state the reason for this choice	The price affordable and I would like to experience a student life in London.

These are what I got straight after I log in and copy paste on the Firefox browser.

Everything will definitely goes well for me!

Yeah, I can make it, I believe, no matter what obstacles are in my way.

And I will find my way to USA(LA-law/acting) and 988 too!

"I am always the lucky one' afterall---Michael Yang=)