Rahmat Bastian

“Adding Knowledge for Lawyers Attitude and Behavior”

As an organization, held by law expert in year 1991, IPBA have proofed its consistency and its existences in Asia Pacific through several programs of stratagem, increasing its quality and exchanging information of developments of law in every countries. Members listed in IPBA have increased every year, IPBA was even proofed of its attention towards progress for lawyers from developing countries and potential young lawyers.

The opportunities offered by IPBA through conferences and scholarship known as M.S. Lin Scholarship have add up my knowledge about attitude and lawyers behavior that can be excepted to many other countries, including Asia Pacific. We were shown a concrete example of counterpart between countries, without making differences of age and purely base on nature selection, merit system. Example, I first received my M.S Lin Scholarship for young lawyer’s category, while I was 27 years old, after one year later I was invited as a speaker in IPBA conference in New Delhi, to do a presentation on my paper.

It seems knowledge and experience from global organization was precious, I have gain more colleagues from many different countries, networking from the international law firm, jurist nor in-house counsel from many different multinational countries. Honestly I have gained a lot of business references from my colleagues, I also have united lawyers who are willing to work together. As if two years ago where my colleagues from one of a big law firm in Melbourne have an intention of bringing my client to do a project in Hong Kong and Japan, I have succeeded in giving them references to two well known law firms in both countries. The impact was the nearness between me and our law firm as after one year later our firm were being references by three of those law firm.

At least organization for profession can give a positive impact for IPBA progress with its quantity and quality, with offers of interesting practice areas in one committee, organized by competent lawyers, representing from many different countries.

Seeing zest and moments offered, it seems IPBA can be accepted in Indonesia because of its long presents, contains with no exclusive members and its diversity, therefore members are recommended to speak English in order to communicate.

International advocates will need local advocates because of its limit of access, practice experience in Indonesian court include the limit of prerequirment to be an advocate according to the advocates’ legislation.
If law instrument is required and no yet achievable, local advocates can compare with the availability of law in other countries especially countries who has the same civil law system as in Indonesia.

Rahmat Bastian, Member of IPBA and M.S. Lin Scholarship Receiver.

| JANUARY 2005 NO. 28 TH III LEGAL REVIEW |