Primers on Professional Ethics and Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Accounts) Rules for Practice Trainees
24 Feb, 13 Mar, 10 Apr, 8 May
and 5 Jun 2012, 9.15am-12.30am, Law Society
Conference Room
Note:
Supervising solicitors may wish to bring to the attention of their Practice
Trainees that the following are dates scheduled for the Primer on Professional
Ethics and Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Accounts) Rules for 2012. Do note that
seats are allocated on a first come first served basis.
Pursuant to rule 10 of the Legal Profession (Practice Training Period) Rules
2009 (the 'Rules'), guidelines were issued by the Board of Legal Education to
assist supervising solicitors and Singapore law practices on instruction to be
given to practice trainees with effect from 4 December 2009 (the 'Guidelines').
The Guidelines provide that for the purpose of rule 6(1)(c) of the Rules,
'a supervising solicitor shall ensure that each practice trainee under his
supervision attends the following courses conducted by the Law Society of
Singapore:
(a) a course on the Legal Profession (Solicitors' Accounts) Rules (Cap. 161,
R8); and
(b) a course on professional ethics.'
Professional Ethics is scheduled on:
•
24 February 2012 (Friday) 9.15am-12.30pm, limited to 30 seats;
(Seats Filled)
•
13 March 2012 (Tuesday) 9.15am-12.30pm, limited to 100 seats;
(Seats Filled)
•
10 April 2012 (Tuesday) 9.15am-12.30pm, limited to 100 seats;
(Seats Filled)
• 8 May 2012 (Tuesday) 9.15am-12.30pm, limited to 100 seats; (Seats Filled)
•
5 June 2012 (Tuesday) 9.15am-12.30pm, limited to 100 seats.
(Filling Up Fast!)
The Primer on Legal Profession (Solicitors' Accounts) Rules is scheduled on:
• 21 March 2012 (9am-1.15pm), limited to 200 seats;
(Seats Filled)
• 8 June 2012 (Friday) 9.00am-1.15pm, limited to 200 seats.
(New Run Available!)
You are advised to bring your laptop/netbook (iPads/tablets are not
recommended) for the Learning Assessment to be administered at the end of
the Primer on Professional Ethics. We regret that we are not able to supply
laptops/netbooks to Practice Trainees who fail to bring their laptop/netbook for
the Learning Assessment.
To register, please click here. Do note that registration is on a
first-come-first-served basis (confirmation of seat for your preferred session
will be provided closer to the date of the session).
For more details regarding the Primers, please click here.
For other queries, please contact CPD at 6530 0239 or e-mail
cpd@lawsoc.org.sg.
Law Society-LAWASIA International Conference on eCommerce and Communication: Regulating a New World Order
4 and 5 May 2012, 9.00am-5.00pm, NUS Suntec City Guild House
The International Conference on eCommerce and Communication is proudly presented
by the Law Society of Singapore and LAWASIA. This Conference serves to promote
discussion on a wide range of contemporary issues in relation to ecommerce and
communication and aims to bring together senior practitioners, industry experts,
academics and policy-makers in various jurisdictions to discuss the diverse
topical issues of this dynamic arena.
This two-day Conference with diverse range of topics spanning data protection,
regulation of online content, outsourcing will provide a broad
multi-disciplinary overview of this new and exciting frontier of legal practice
for legal practitioners.
To register and find out more, please click here.
For enquiries, please contact us at
cpd@lawsoc.org.sg or at 6530 0239 / 6530 0201.
