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      NEW

 

• 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 0230/239 or e-mail CPD Department.

 

 

 

 

Book-Keeping for Law Practices Course

21 July 2009, 9.00am-5.30pm, The Law Society of Singapore Conference Room

 

 

 

 

Subordinate Court's Roundtable Series on Practice and Procedure - Quality Control in the Preparation Resolution Process

24 July 2009, 4.00pm-6.00pm, Judicial Officers' Conference Room, Level 9, Subordinate Courts Complex

 

 

 

 

Dispute Resolution Techniques: Law Society Arbitration Scheme and Court Dispute Resolution Process

30 July 2009, 1.30pm-5.00pm, venue to be advised

 

 

 

 

Writing for Clients

3 August 2009, 2.00pm-5.00pm, Law Society Singapore Conference Room

 

 

 

 

Business Development for Legal Professionals

17 August 2009, 2.00pm-5.00pm, Law Society of Singapore Conference Room

 

 

 

 

Judicial Review Seminar

26 August 2009, 4.30pm-6.30pm, Law Society of Singapore Conference Room