System of Recruitment of Legal Profession in a Nation of Law of Pancasila

Abstract

The regulation of system and mechanism of recruitment of legal
profession like Advocate/ Lawyer and Notary Public still has a number
of weaknesses, and it also still raises some issues in Indonesia. There are
still problems in the recruitment of advocates, for example, we find that
there are multiple mechanisms used by advocate organizations. Some
advocate organizations still implement the professional education of
advocacy as the requirement for the candidates to get the exam, and
there are also some advocate organizations that require the candidates
to take the exam before getting the professional education. Some
problems do also exist in the profession of notary public, in which the
candidates should obtain Master of Public Notary. On the other side,
some professional education could be implemented by non degree
system, however, most of the professional educations are implemented
through advanced educational systems. For example, when the
candidates of notary public completed the notary school, then they will
be awarded Master of Public Notary. The researcher used normative
and sociological legal research method, and therefore, this research
would generate the recruitment system of legal profession that is in
accordance with the values and principles in the Pancasila-based
Nation of Law.