วันศุกร์ที่ 13 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

Studying law at The Bar in Thailand


The Thai Bar


After I graduated at bachelor’s degree in Law, I continue to study Law at The Thai bar under the royal patronage.

The Thai bar is law school for law student who graduated at bachelor’s degree in Law from every university and want to be judge, prosecutor or senior legal government official in the future.

Admitted to the bar is important qualification that candidate to be that position must have.

The subjects Bar’s student have to study are the subjects that have been ever studied at bachelor’s degree BUT It’s harder because law student take 4 years to study at bachelor’s degree but  the curriculum of the bar take only 1 year so bar’s student have to be able to remember and understand a lot of legal substance.

Moreover, bar’s student have to study lots of model supreme court judgment for using to support legal learning as well.

The Thai Bar's class room


Studying the bar in Thailand, The Thai bar not force bar’s student attend in class. Student can choose the way to study.

Some student likes to attend a class.
Some student likes to study by themselves such as studying from law book a lot.

The bar’s student can reserve the lecture book that the substance in the lecture book is all copied from the lecturer’s word in class.

The lecture book will be released every week. Student who reserve will get a book per a week. All of them have 16 books.
 Attending in class at The Thai bar every student have to wear white long sleeved shirt and Men have to wear black long trousers and Women have to wear black skirt ( long - cover knee)

There are 4 big legal field that bar’s student have to pass an exam such as
1. Civil and Commercial Law
2. Criminal law
3. Law of Civil Procudure
4. Law of Criminal Procudure

First term is for Civil and Commercial Law and Criminal law

Second term is for Law of Civil Procudure and Law of Criminal Procudure

If fail one of all or all of them , have to take an exam again next year for the field you fail until pass all of them.
When pass all of them, Bar’s student have to take oral examination with lecturer after that will be able to admit to the bar.




For me actually I don’t have a goal that to be judge or prosecutor. I just want to be legal advisor and work for private law firm. I study here because I want to review my knowledge of law again.
I think it’s fun to study here because most of lecturers here are senior judge. They have many experience to share student in class over and above the substance.
I can meet many law students from other university.
It’s great experience to study here.