The legal profession thrives on camaraderie and esprit de corps. Social capital, no less than intellectual capital, is critical to professional success, and the Academy seeks to develop both in our members in tandem, through the work of the Professional Affairs Committee and the Membership and Social Affairs Committee and their respective Directorates in the Academy.       The Professional Affairs Committee provides a forum for the discussion of broad issues affecting the law, administration of justice and legal profession, with a view to making recommendations for change, if necessary. To this end, the Professional Affairs Committee holds regular talks in its “SAL Expert Series” to address current issues faced by the profession. The Professional Affairs Committee has 5 chapters, namely the Corporate Counsel Chapter, the Foreign Lawyers Chapter, the Professional Development and Practice Chapter, the Professional Values Chapter and the Young Members' Chapter. These Chapters seek to address both current issues faced by and future possible issues that the profession  may face as the global dimension of practice is enhanced, and the legal sector in Singapore further liberalised. The Lunch with Experts Sub-Committee aims to provide learning opportunities for SAL members by inviting experts from various fields to share their thoughts on various topics outside the law. Experts like Mr Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, Immediate Past Chairman of Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd and Mr David Conner, Chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore and CEO of OCBC had been invited as speakers. The Supply of Lawyers Sub-Committee was tasked to study the issues of the supply of lawyers affecting the legal profession, particularly the litigation bar and how civil litigation in particular can be promoted as a field of specialisation. It takes a multi-faceted approach in studying the issues in terms of generating interest in the profession (in students), addressing the needs of those currently in the profession and thirdly devising a system with entry points into the profession that would serve Singapore’s economic needs.       Judge of Appeal Justice V K RAJAH Chair Ms Cerintha CHIA Swee Huang Mr LEO Cheng Suan Mr Sundaresh MENON, SC Associate Professor Stephen PHUA Lye Huat Mr Ronnie QUEK Cheng Chye Mr Dilhan Pillay SANDRASEGARA Mr TAN Siong Thye Mr TOH Han Li Justice Steven CHONG Mr Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck Mr TAN Puay Boon Ms Mavis CHIONH Sze Chyi Mr KWEK Mean Luck Assistant Professor WAN Wai Yee Dr Stanley LAI Tze Chang Mr Patrick NATHAN Ms Angeline Joyce LEE Mr Israel Louis ISMAIL Mr James LEONG Kui Yiu Ms Sharon LIM Hui Mien Ms TEH Hwee Hwee Mr Philip RAPP Mr Anand NALACHANDRAN Mr Mohamed Faizal M A KADIR Mr Paul TAN Beng Hwee Ms THEN Ling Ms May Lucia MESENAS       Mr Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, SC Ms Mavis CHIONH Sze Chyi Mr KWEK Mean Luck Dr Stanley LAI Ms Angeline LEE (Alternate : Mr Israel ISMAIL) Mr Patrick NATHAN Mr TAN Puay Boon Assistant Professor WAN Wai Yee       Mr Ronnie QUEK Cheng Chye Chair Mr Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, SC Ms Cerintha CHIA Ms Angeline Joyce LEE / Mr Israel ISMAIL (Alternate) Ms Sharon LIM       Mr Sundaresh MENON, SC Chair Mr Kenneth ABOUD Ms Sharon LIM Mr Patrick NATHAN Mr Douglas PEEL Mr Ronnie QUEK Cheng Chye Mr Dilhan Pillay SANDRASEGARA Mr Guy SPOONER Dr WONG Kien Keong Mr Paul TAN Secretary       Mr TAN Siong Thye Chair Associate Professor Gary CHAN Mr Rajan CHETTIAR Associate Professor Barry CROWN Mr Michael KHOO, SC Dr Stanley LAI Mr LEE Kiat Seng Mr LEO Cheng Suan Mr LOOI Kwok Peng Mr James LEONG Ms Jennifer MARIE Mr TAN Chuan Thye Mr TOH Han Li Mr Peter KOY Secretary Mr LIM Wee Ming Secretary       Ms Mavis CHIONH Sze Chyi Chair Mr Cavinder BULL, SC Ms Cheryl CHIA Dr Stanley LAI Mr LEE Eng Beng, SC Mr James LEONG Mr Anand NALACHANDRAN Professor Jeffrey PINSLER, SC Practice Associate Professor Austin PULLÉ Mr TAN Boon Khai Ms Gillian TAN Ms Jacintha THANNIMALAI       Associate Professor Stephen PHUA Chair Ms Mavis CHIONH Sze Chyi Mr Mohamed Faizal s/o Mohamed Abdul KADIR Mr Jonathan LEE Mr LEONG Weng Tat Ms Laura LIEW Ms SEAH Ching Ling Mr TAN Boon Heng Mr Dharmendra YADAV       Mr Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, SC Chair Mr James LEONG Associate Professor Stephen PHUA       Mr Dilhan Pillay SANDRASEGARA Chair Mr Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, SC Ms Mavis CHIONH Sze Chyi Dr Stanley LAI Mr TAN Puay Boon