No New Attorneys, For Now
The Supreme Court prohibited high courts from swearing in new attorneys. The Indonesian Advocates Congress plans to litigate the Legal Counsel Law to the Constitutional Court.
May 26, 2009
MUHAMAD Isnur's hopes of becoming an attorney were shattered. The law graduate from Jakarta's Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University should have been slated for inauguration as a legal counsel in the next few months. He had qualified for the profession. For instance, he had passed an advocacy course organized by the Indonesian Attorneys Association (Peradi).
It happened due to a circular issued by the Supreme Court. In early May, Harifin A. Tu
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