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Judiciary, Law Society to form joint committee to tackle lawyers’ attrition

Expanding the senior counsel designation to include general counsel would require a redefinition of what it signals to the courts, the profession and the public.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Should Singapore’s senior counsel title include corporate general counsel?

Routine work will be automated. Information will become more accessible. But the enduring value of the lawyer will not disappear.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Why the best general counsels shape risk, not avoid it

AI will impact the entirety of legal practice, and the lawyer who does not embrace this today is tomorrow’s obsolete practitioner.​
Companies & Markets
COMMENTARY

The challenges of an AI-powered legal industry

Pritam Singh's case is to be heard by the Court of Three Judges, which can suspend errant lawyers or strike them off the rolls.
Singapore

Pritam Singh faces disciplinary proceedings brought by Law Society

Prestige has always been a by-product of legal practice, not its purpose, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Law is a calling and a public institution, not just a technical craft

Kelvin Poa (above) succeeds James Huang, who led the Singapore member firm of Baker McKenzie since January 2023.
Companies & Markets

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow appoints Kelvin Poa as Singapore managing principal

Professor Tan Cheng Han was endorsed and accepted by the LawSoc council as president after a consent resolution.
Singapore

Prof Tan Cheng Han to lead Law Society after consent resolution passed at EGM

Lisa Sam says she had repeatedly asked TSMP Law Corporation for written details of the allegations to no avail.
Singapore

Outgoing Law Society president responds to report on ongoing probe at the professional body

KPMG’s GC Outlook 2025 report describes the modern legal chief as a “horizon scanner”.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

In-house lawyers are evolving from legal brain to corporate conscience

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