Karawaci, 4 July 2019 – Master of Notary under the Law Faculty of Universitas Pelita Harapan (MKn FH UPH) worked together with Pengurus Wilayah Banten Ikatan Notaris Indonesia (Pengwil Banten INI) to hold the ‘Strategy in Improving Future Notaries in the 4.0 Era’ National Seminar at the UPH Karawaci, Tangerang main campus.

The National Seminar was opened by Daulat P. Silitonga, SH. M. and was continued by presenting speakers Dr. Ir. Patdono Suwignjo, M.Eng.Sc – Director General of IPTEK and DIKTI Institutes and Dr. Habib Adjie, S.H., M.Hum. – Vice Head of FK PS MKn PTS Indonesia.

During the National Seminar, Director General Patdono Suwignjo emphasized on the conditions to graduate the Notary Profession Program (Article 25 Permenristekdikti No.44 Year 2015 Regarding SN Dikti) for university students in professional, specialist, master, applied master’s, doctoral, and applied doctoral’s; which is that students must have gone through all the course load that is set and have reached the set amount of grade-point average (GPA) needed to graduate, which is at least a GPA of 3.0.

Director General Patdono Suwignjo revealed that there is a weakness in improving vocational education.

Director General Patdono Suwignjo explained, “Because we are putting our efforts in improving vocational education, we realized that we have one weakness, which is the lack of an internship program in the curriculum. We are working on what the students should do, what their mentors should do, and evaluation of internships.”

In addition to Director General Patdono Suwignjo, Dr. Habib Adjie, S.H., M.Hum revealed that the digital era has influence in all areas, including the notary major.

Dr. Habib Adjie said, “I imagine that Notary will be different in the coming era. Notary will do their practice in a modern way. There will be no need to stare face-to-face or bring IDs or materials because everything will be digitalized. Everything will be accommodated in big data. Therefore it can’t be denied that there might be a virtual notary in the future.”

The National Seminar was attended by 15 universities such as Universitas Surabaya, Universitas Pancasila, Universitas Jayabaya, Universitas Tarumanegara, and others; Representatives from the Notary Association, members of ALB INI, working Notaries, and university students all amounted to about 250 people.