Law Society Risk Management Framework and Resources
5 Core Areas of Risk
Risk Management Process
Contents
Relevant Resources
General Resources
- Law Society’s Guide on the Adoption of LegalTech for Law Practices
- Law Society’s Guide to Cybersecurity for Law Practices
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017
- Law Society’s Guide to Solicitors’ Accounts 2016
- Tax and CPF Compliance
- Law Society’s Professional Ethics Digest 2019
- Measures on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF)
Training
e-Learning
- e-Learning: Understanding and Managing Risks in a Law Practice
- e-Learning: Legal Profession (Solicitors’ Accounts) Rules
- e-Learning: Ethics in Practice
- LawSoc Unlimited e-Learning inclusive of:
- AML seminar
- Day of Conveyancing Highlights
- Challenging Clients, Challenged Lawyers
- Are You Prepared for a Cyberattack Against Your Law Firm?
- Legal Practice Management Course
- AML Seminar
- Day of Conveyancing Highlights
- Challenging Clients, Challenged Lawyers
Articles
- Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism
- Risky Business – Managing Your Files and Practice
- Your Business Continuity Plan is Implemented – What’s Next?
- Data Risk Management – Why IT Matters
- Looking for Help or Asking for Trouble? Ethical and Risk Issues with Lateral Hiring
- Defining Your Social Media Policy
- Reputation – Your Firm’s Most Prized Asset
- Thinking About Talent Management in Law Firms
- Social Engineering – A Perennial Challenge
- ‘Why You May Need a Privacy Policy
- Let’s Keep It Confidential
- Don’t Take the Bait
- Nipping Client Issues in the Bud Through Incorporating Mediation Clauses in Letters of Engagement
Operational Risk
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 11, pp. 119-121
Succession planning
- ‘Thinking About Talent Management in Law Firms’, Singapore Law Gazette (June 2017)
Business Continuity Plans
- ‘Your Business Continuity Plan is Implemented: What’s Next?’, Singapore Law Gazette (May 2020)
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 3, pp. 17-39
- ‘Looking for Help or Asking for Trouble? Ethical and Risk Issues with Lateral Hiring’, Singapore Law Gazette (September 2018)
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 2, pp. 13-16
Personal Data Protection Act & EU General Data Protection Regulation
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 5, pp. 60-61, 67
- ‘Why You May Need a Privacy Policy’, Singapore Law Gazette (June 2017)
- Professional Indemnity Law Letter (October – December 2015)
- Guide to Cybersecurity for Law Practices
- Law Society Unlimited e-Learning: Are You Prepared for a Cyberattack Against Your Law Firm?
Persona Data Protection Act & EU General Data Protection Regulation
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 5, pp. 60-61, 67
- ‘Why You May Need a Privacy Policy’, Singapore Law Gazette (June 2017)
- Professional Indemnity Law Letter (October – December 2015)
‘Data Risk Management – Why IT Matters’, Singapore Law Gazette (April 2020)
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 7, pp. 74-5 and Chapter 14, pp. 145-46
Financial Risks
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 8, pp. 76-90
Quality Risks
- Alvin Chen & Helena Whalen-Bridge, Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Singapore (LexisNexis, 2016)
- Jeffrey Pinsler SC, Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015: A Commentary (Academy Publishing, 2016)
- Law Society’s Professional Ethics Digest 2019
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 11, pp. 119-120
- Law Society’s Professional Ethics Digest 2019
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 10, pp. 113-18
- “Let’s Keep It Confidential”, Singapore Law Gazette (March 2017)
- Law Society’s Professional Ethics Digest 2019
- “Nipping Client Issues in the Bud Through Incorporating
- Mediation Clauses in Letters of Engagement”, Singapore Law Gazette (June 2015)
- Law Society’s Professional Ethics Digest 2019
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 9, p. 112
For more information, please refer to the Law Society’s AML/CFT Resource List. - Professional Indemnity Law Letter (October-December 2017)
- Professional Indemnity Law Letter (April-June 2015)
- Council’s Practice Direction on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism
- Law Society’s Practice Management Guide 2017, Chapter 9, pp. 95-111
Regulatory Risks
Reputational Risks
The LawSoc Risk Management Framework and its resources are managed by the LawSoc CPD department alongside the Legal Research and Development (LRD) department. With the support of our consultants Angeline Poon and Yasho Dhoraisingam.
