“Defamation Law” course was held on 18 and 19 November 2016 at Putrajaya. This course is a new course organized by the Judicial Academy in 2016. Facilitators of this course is the Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin, Chief Judge of Malaya, the Honourable Tan Sri Azahar bin Mohamed, Federal Court Judge and the Honourable Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat, Judge of the Court of Appeal. A total of 10 High Court Judges and 10 Judicial Commissioners attended this course.

This course was divided into two sessions. In the first session, 16 of the High Court Judges and Judicial Commissioners have presented the assigned topics as determined by the facilitator. Presentation of each participant is for 10 minutes followed by 15 minutes of discussion. In the second session, participants were divided into 4 workshop groups. Each group was given two tasks. Participants are required to provide the outcome of those tasks to be presented and discussed.