Continuing Professional Development
As an independently-regulated profession, the Singapore legal profession has to
ensure that high standards of professional competence are attained and
maintained in the interests of the profession and the public.
The Law Society of Singapore is committed to ensuring the maintenance and
continued development of high standards of professional competence of our
practitioner members.
We aim to be the provider of choice for legal professionals by providing programmes that are relevant and that would help legal professionals in
acquiring and maintaining professional competence in core areas of practice as
well as equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills in new and
emerging areas of practice to meet the demands of practice in an ever-changing
legal landscape.
Pre-requisites for Practising as Sole Proprietor, Partner or Director of a
Singapore Law Practice
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No solicitor may practise as a sole proprietor, partner or director of a law
practice unless the requirements set out in section 75C Legal Profession Act are
complied with. Click
here for information and details.
A solicitor must first complete the Society s Legal Practice Management
Course ('LPMC') before he may practise as sole proprietor, partner or director
of a Singapore law practice, subject to Paragraph 3. To register your interest
to attend the LPMC, you must first complete and submit to the Society a
Notice of Registration.
You may commence practice prior to completion of the LPMC provided that you
have sought and obtained the written consent of the Council to do so and provide
to the Society a
written undertaking, on or before the date of commencement of such practice,
to attend and successfully complete the LPMC within one year from the date of
commencement of such practice.
The LPMC is run in February/March every year. However, for 2009, the Society
will be organizing an additional LPMC to be tentatively held in August/September
2009 in addition to the LPMC held in March 2009. Members would be notified once
the dates of the LPMC are finalised.
If you have any queries regarding the LPMC, please contact our CPD Department at
Tel: 6530 0239 or e-mail
CPD Department.
Legal Practice Management Course (12th Run)
2, 4 & 10 February 2010, 9.00am-5.00pm, venue to be confirmed
