I will be speaking at the University of Malaya Law Career Convention 2014 tomorrow from 12-1pm on a topic entitled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known as a Young Lawyer.” You can click over to my Prezi presentation (I can’t seem to embed it anymore to WordPress).

Also, I set out below a list of recommended reading which I will be referring to in my talk tomorrow.

List of Recommended Further Reading

Good English

• Highly recommended books by Bryan Garner: The Winning Brief and Making Your Case (and all of his other books as well).

Read Widely, Store Knowledge

• Kehakiman website for the latest unreported Malaysian appellate authorities.
• UK Supreme Court for recent Supreme Court decisions and the useful Press Summaries.
• Lexis MLJ alerts and CLJLaw alerts.
• LoyarBurok for legal-related posts and current affairs.
• Modern Advocacy Perspectives from Singapore – each chapter is written by a Senior Counsel to shed their thoughts and tips on the litigation process.
• Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law – in particular, the closing arguments for the Nurenberg trial is awe-inspiring.

Embrace Technology

• Inbox Zero.
• Feedly for cloud RSS.
• Storage of all information, contacts and calender on the cloud.
• Desktop search engines.

Gaining Commercial Knowledge

• BFM and its podcasts.
• The Edge Malaysia.
• Kinibiz.
• A book on Accounting and Finance for Non-Accountants.
• Andrew Ross’ Too Big to Fail – blow-by-blow account how the global financial crisis started.
• Bursa Malaysia Company Announcements.

Finding Your Passion

• Harvard’s class of 1963 “If I Knew Then“.

Significance of the Malaysian Bar

• History of the Malaysian Bar.
• Tommy Thomas’ article on The Last Lawyers Standing.

Other recommended reading

• Brendan Siva’s Of Sunscreen, Blackberries and Successful Lawyers.
• LoyarBurok’s Essential Tips for Law Firm Applications and Interviews.
• Dress Like a Lawyer: 5 Tips for Building Your Pupillage Wardrobe.