The Malaysian Bar is once again organising its signature biennial conference — the International Malaysia Law Conference (“IMLC”) 2020. This fifth edition carries the theme “Navigating the Present, Exploring the Future”.

You may say this echoes IMLC 2018’s “Raising the Bar: Innovate. Integrate. Emulate”, but know that the Malaysian Bar takes very seriously the issues of innovation, AI and technology, digitalisation, specialisation, and networking with whole new markets out there. Unless our lawyers and law firms take the bull by its horns and seize opportunities readily available, we will lag behind even further. The legal industry, like any other, faces challenges. But take heart — challenges that we overcome set the path for better opportunities.