 Apart from the above-mentioned four routes, in order for the graduates to be eligible to practice as Advocates and Solicitors, they need to complete their pupillage period (also known as reading in chambers or chambering) for nine months before being called to the Bar.In May 2008, minister in the Prime Minister's Department Zaid Ibrahim, who was also the then de facto Minister of Law announced that the CLP would be scrapped and be replaced with the Common Bar Course and the Common Bar Exam.This proposed exam will be compulsory for every student wishing to practice in Malaysia, including local graduates.