UI Professor: Lawyers Must Master English and Mathematics
According to data from SBMPTN last year, Law became a favorite for the social science and humanities field. In fact, some state universities such as Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Universitas Indonesia (UI) and Diponegoro University (Undip) noted that Law had the largest applicants.
However, the high enthusiasm of prospective students towards this Law majors seems to be inversely proportional to that experienced by Prof. Hikmahanto Juwana during his college years.
The man who is now a Professor of International Law at UI said, back in the days when he was in college, prospective students who were enrolled in the Faculty of Law were “residue”.
“In the past, most people wanted to get into Faculty of Engineering, Medicine, and Dentistry. In fact, in the United States many presidents were of legal background, you know,” said Hikmahanto when asked on the sidelines of the press conference ‘Freeport Divestment ‘, Saturday (28/7).
Hikmahanto who holds the title as the youngest Professor of International Law Experts when he was still 36 years old, also provided tips for prospective students who wanted to take the law as their major to be accepted at a good university.
Only two things he emphasized: proficiency in English and mastery at math.
“Law graduates have to read a lot. If we have limited language, we can not open the door to the world legal debate overseas,” he explained.
In addition to English, Hikmahanto also suggested that prospective law students must master mathematics. He mentioned, law graduates are not enough to memorize articles of law only, but they also must be good at playing with logical reasoning.
Hikmahanto added, prospective Law students must be diligent in writing and diligent in looking at the various contexts of the problems that exist in Indonesia. In fact, these two things make him a professor.
“I am an expert on International Law, but I also see many problems in Indonesia that I can express. So I don’t lack materials. Not only international, but economic, business and state law. If we observe there are also many things that can be told not only to the domestic media but also abroad, that is what makes me a professor,” he said.
The large number of prospective students who showed interests in becoming law students is positively welcomed by Hikmahanto, but he also gave input to prospective students not only to see the law as a promising prospect in the future but also to be accompanied by integrity.
“It’s good that you also have idealism. We need smart prosecutors and judges who are good at seeing the problem,” he concluded.
Source: https://kumparan.com/@millennial/guru-besar-ui-orang-hukum-harus-pandai-bahasa-inggris-dan-matematika-27431110790555890
