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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. |
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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. |
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