After 5 years, I now re-activate my blog although I do not know whether I can consistently writing posts in the future.
Anyway, I have just received the CIArb original Certificate of Membership identifying that I am now a Fellow, therefore I am entitled to use the designatory letters FCIArb.
It came up to my mind few minutes ago that I think it is time to share my view about the letters LL.M, a symbol for postgraduate law students. Since 9 years ago, I have been verbally sharing the following view to friend, but time allows me to write it down just now.
Research shows that LL.M is a Latin abbreviation of Legum Magister which means Master of Laws in English. The LL is actually a way to write down a shorten plural word in Latin, in this case LL represents the abbreviation of Legum.
It is unfortunate that for years Indonesia has been adopting the phrase Lex Legibus Magister to show a complete name of a person holding LL.M degree. This unofficial descriptions is somehow exist for years in public documents such as notarial deed. There has been no indication that other countries adopt the same. Although it may seem unimportant, I view that such mistake can create legal issue in the future e.g. someone tries to invalidate a document on the basis that such document incorrectly describes a person's identity. This example maybe hypothetical, but it could happen.
Therefore, practitioners awareness and exposure are required so this inaccurate description of LL.M abbreviation in Indonesia can be avoided in the future.
