To apply for your Practising Certificate (“PC”) for the practice year 2025/2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026),
please follow these steps.
For a quick summary of the PC application process and the requirements, please click here.
You may also wish to use our Checkbox applications below if you have any questions regarding PC applications.
1. Apply For Professional Indemnity Insurance
Lawyers applying for a PC for practice year 2025/2026 must apply for professional indemnity insurance from Marsh. Click here to apply. Kindly note that applications for professional indemnity insurance for practice year 2025/2026 may only be made from 1 March 2024 onwards.
2. Wait For The Confirmation Email
After 24 Hours, submit your PC Application via eLitigation or LawNet Service Bureau
Do I need an Accountant's Report?
awyers applying for a PC for practice year 2025/2026 must apply for professional indemnity insurance from Marsh. Click here to apply. Kindly note that applications for professional indemnity insurance for practice year 2025/2026 may only be made from 1 March 2024 onwards.
Please note that lawyers holding the designation of “Junior Partner” and “Associate Director” are also required to submit an Accountant’s Report when renewing their PC
What period does the Accountant's Report Cover?
The full calendar year (Ist January to 31st December) preceding your PC Application or the period of time
you last held a PC.
How do I seek an exemption from producing an Accountant's Report?
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
What if I want to practice as a Partner or Director but I do not have the necessary experience as r required under legislation?
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
What if Section 25A of the Legal Profession Act applies to me?
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
Please note you need to declare in your application for PC if you have provided pro bono services in the
preceding practice year and give details of each service including description of the specified pro bono service
and total estimated amount of time (in hours) spent. ‘Specified pro bono service’ is defined in the Legal
Profession (Mandatory Reporting of Specified Pro Bono Services) Rules 2015.
3. Additional Requirements For PC Application
- Voting in Annual Election of Council:
Under section 50(2) Legal Profession Act (‘LPA”), a penalty of $500 is liable if you did not vote and have not been given a waiver from the voting requirement. A request for waiver under section 50(2) of the LPA (‘request’) is to be submitted to the Registrar before the advocate and solicitor submits the application for a PC. A request which is submitted after the application for a practising certificate and after the penalty of $500 has been paid will not be considered. - Continuing Professional Development:
All advocates and solicitors admitted to the Singapore Supreme Court and holding Singapore Practising Certificates, and foreign lawyers registered under section 36B of the Legal Profession Act must meet the CPD requirements set out in the Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012 and the Guidelines made thereunder. Please ensure that you fulfil the requirements for CPD points before making your application for the PC. You can refer to the latest CPD guidelines here. - Certificates of Registration (CoR)
issued by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) expire after 1, 2 or 3 years depending on the type of registration and the registration period selected by the law practice in the application form. The expiry date of the CoR is stated in the certificate. Please note that providing legal services in or from Singapore without a valid CoR is prohibited under the Legal Profession Act. It is the responsibility of the Registrant and the law practice to take note of the expiry date and ensure that CoRs are renewed promptly.Note: If the law practice would like to register for limited access to the Practising Certificate module in eLitigation, you can also make an application through the Service Bureaux.
- Compensation fund contribution:
(No GST) $100.00*If application is made from 1 October, the levy payable will be $50.00.
4. Fees For Practising Certificate Application
Category | No. of years | PC Fees per year (before GST) |
|---|---|---|
Junior | < 5 years | $750 |
Middle | 5 - 15 years | $900 |
Senior | > 15 years | $1,050 |
5. Legal Practice Management Course (LPMC)
Section 75C of the Legal Profession Act (‘LPA) requires a solicitor to have successfully completed the Legal
Practice Management Course before he/she can practice on his/her own account or as a partner or director of a
law practice, unless the solicitor has already been in practice as a sole proprietor, partner or director before 9
March 2007.
Solicitors wishing to practice as a Sole Proprietor/Partner/Junior Partner/Equity Partner/Partner/Director/
Associate Director must complete and submit the particulars and undertaking to complete the Legal Practice
Management Course.
For avoidance of doubt, you are required to complete the Legal Practice Management Course if you intend to
hold a designation with “Partner” or “Director” in it.
Click here for the particulars form and undertaking.
Click here if you wish to make an application under Section 75C(2) of the Legal Profession Act to shorten the
period of employment to practise as a sole proprietor, partner, or director.
Please submit your completed forms and undertaking to compliance@lawsoc.org.sg.
6. Useful Contacts
For queries concerning accountant's reports)
Law Society
For Pro Bono Services queries
The full calendar year (Ist January to 31st December) preceding your PC Application or the period of time
you last held a PC.
For Professional Indemnity Insurance queries
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
For CPD queries
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
For waiver from voting for Annual Election of Council queries
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
For technical/system/filing related issues in eLitigation
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
For assistance with PC applications if your firm does not have an eLitigation account
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.
For assistance/information regarding Certificates of Registration
If your law practice did not hold or receive client’s money or conveyancing money, please prepare a
Statutory Declaration in accordance with this specimen.