Litigation · Legal Research
Court Hearings and Legal Research at Bapas and HHL
- Role
- Legal Research Intern, then Legal Staff
- Organization
- Balai Pemasyarakatan Kelas IA Surabaya & HHL Associates Attorney At Law
- Period
- 2024–2025
Story
My first placement was at Balai Pemasyarakatan (Bapas) Kelas IA Surabaya, the correctional centre that supports the criminal justice process. A year later I joined HHL Associates, a law firm handling civil and corporate matters.
In both places the work came down to the same things: knowing the applicable rules, preparing documents carefully, and seeing how cases actually unfold in the courtroom and in mediation.
As a Legal Research Intern at Bapas (June–July 2024) and later as Legal Staff at HHL Associates (February–July 2025), I researched the law, helped prepare case documents and attended hearings and mediation sessions.
Contribution steps
- 1
Research the regulations
Researched criminal justice and correctional regulations at Bapas Surabaya, and the rules on tort and breach of contract for civil cases at HHL.
- 2
Draft the pleadings
At HHL Associates, prepared drafts of lawsuits, replik and duplik for the supervising attorneys to review.
- 3
Attend hearings and mediation
Attended tort (PMH), breach of contract (wanprestasi) and marriage case hearings, and mediation sessions, including at Pengadilan Negeri Malang Kelas IA.
- 4
Record and follow up
Noted what happened at each session and the next steps for the case file.
Results
- 4
- Kinds of proceedings attended
- 2
- Placements: Bapas and a law firm
- 3
- Pleading types drafted