UWP Law Faculty and the Gresik Branch of the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI) held a regional PKPA, inviting Prabowo-Gibran and Jokowi's legal representatives.
To improve the quality of legal practitioners, the Faculty of Law at Wijaya Putra University (FH UWP), in collaboration with the Gresik Regency Branch Leadership Council of the Indonesian Advocates Association (DPC PERADI Gresik), held the Fourth Batch of 2025 for the Special Education for the Advocate Profession (PKPA).
The PKPA took place from Saturday, November 29, 2025, to Saturday, December 13, 2025. The PKPA was conducted in a hybrid format, both via Zoom meetings and at the Taufiqurrahman Law Laboratory in Building E, UWP's Benowo Campus, Surabaya. The speakers for the PKPA series were academics, including lecturers, and legal practitioners, including advocates, throughout Indonesia. The moderator for all PKPA sessions was Fikri Hadi, S.H., M.H., a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the FH UWP.
Among the invited speakers at the PKPA were Prof. Dr. Ir. Firmanto Laksana, S.H., M.M., M.H., CLA., Head of the Special Education Division of the Advocate Profession, Certification & University Cooperation of the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI), and also the legal counsel for the Prabowo-Gibran ticket in the 2024 Presidential Election and the legal counsel for the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
Prof. Firmanto had the opportunity to present two topics: the Advocate Professional Code of Ethics and Client Interview Techniques. He conveyed several messages to the PKPA participants, including professional ethics that prioritize integrity and professionalism, in line with the principle of advocacy as an honorable profession (officium nobile).
The Chairman of the Gresik DPC Peradi, Kukuh Pramono Budi, S.H., M.H., expressed his appreciation for the first-ever regional PKPA.
"This Regional PKPA involves not only the Gresik Branch of the Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi), but also several other branches in East Java that are unable to organize their own PKPA. The implementation of this Regional PKPA can serve as a pilot project for future PKPA implementations," he said.
He added that the implementation of this Regional PKPA received appreciation from the National PERADI leadership, including Prof. Dr. Otto Hasibuan, S.H., M.C.L., M.M., who is also the General Chair of the National Leadership Council (DPN) of the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI) and the Deputy Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections of the Republic of Indonesia.
The Chair of the PKPA Committee, Muhamad Chaidar, S.H., M.H., explained that this year's hybrid PKPA was implemented to utilize the e-court legal laboratory facilities to support this learning model.
"We are aware of the current dynamics of electronic-based trials. Therefore, we are trying to utilize the facilities available at the UWP Law Faculty for this year's PKPA."
Meanwhile, the Dean of the Faculty of Law, UWP, Dr. Andy Usmina Wijaya, S.H., M.H., stated that the PKPA program is an important part of the Faculty's overall vision, which carries the motto "school of litigators." He stated that this program complements legal education at the Faculty of Law, while also supporting the Legalpreneur concept, in line with the university's vision as a Sociopreneur University.
"We encourage law graduates at the Faculty of Law, UWP, to become entrepreneurs who run businesses with the primary goal of creating a positive social impact on society. One way to achieve this is through the legal profession, the starting point of which is the PKPA," Andy concluded.
