Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024

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1 Citation and commencement

3 Course prescribed for purposes of section 11B(1)(c) of Act

4 Administration of Part B Course

5 Examinations prescribed for purposes of section 11B(1)(d) of Act

6 Board of Examiners

7 Application to sit for Part B Examinations

8 Application to review decision of Part B Director

9 Results of Part B Examinations

10 Period of validity of pass result of Part B Examinations

11 Retaking Part B Examinations

13 Continuing liability under this Part

14 Minor disciplinary measures

15 Major disciplinary measures

16 Letter of warning for misconduct

17 Report of misconduct to Dean

19 Disciplinary action by Dean following inquiry

20 Disciplinary Committee

21 Review of minor disciplinary measure by Disciplinary Committee

22 Disciplinary action by Disciplinary Committee

23 Review of major disciplinary measure by Board of Directors

24 Procedure before filing of application for admission as lawyer (NP)

25 Application for admission as lawyer (NP)

26 Objections to application for admission as lawyer (NP), in general

27 Objections to application for admission as lawyer (NP) by Attorney‑General, Society or Institute

28 Declaration of person admitted as lawyer (NP)

29 Duration of practice training period

30 Service of practice training period

31 Eligibility to serve practice training period

32 Maximum duration of practice training period

33 Supervising solicitor

34 Responsibilities of supervising solicitor

35 Responsibilities of Singapore law practice under practice training contract

36 Qualifying entity

37 Supervisor in qualifying entity

38 Responsibilities of supervisor in qualifying entity

39 Registration of practice training contracts

40 Disclosure of details of supervised training

41 Procedure before filing of application for admission as advocate and solicitor

42 Application by eligible person for admission as advocate and solicitor

43 Issue of certificate by Dean

44 Objections to application for admission as advocate and solicitor, in general

45 Objections to application for admission as advocate and solicitor by Attorney‑General, Society or Institute

46 Declaration of person admitted as advocate and solicitor

47 Ad hoc admissions

48 Power of Institute to revoke certificates, awards and prizes

52 Saving and transitional provisions

No. S 597

Legal Profession Act 1966

Legal Profession
(Admission) Rules 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (2) of the Legal Profession Act 1966, the Board of Directors of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, after consulting the Minister for Law and the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, makes the following Rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024 and come into operation on 17 July 2024.

Definitions

2. In these Rules —

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Institute;

“Board of Examiners” means the Board of Examiners appointed under rule 6;

“candidate” means a person whose application under rule 7(2) or 11(2) has been approved or is pending approval;

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Institute;

“Code of Conduct” means the Code of Conduct issued, and amended, by the Part B Director under rule 12;

“Dean” means the Dean of the Institute appointed under section 6(1) of the Act;

“Disciplinary Committee” means a Disciplinary Committee appointed by the Chairperson under rule 20(1);

“Institute’s website” means the Internet website of the Institute at https://www.sile.edu.sg;

“misconduct” means any act, omission, conduct or neglect that is in contravention of the Code of Conduct and includes any act or conduct mentioned in rule 17(2);

“Part B Course” means the preparatory course, leading to the Part B Examinations, which is conducted by —

(a)	the Institute; or
(b)	the Institute and any other person appointed by the Board of Directors;

“Part B Director” means the Director of the Part B Course appointed by the Board of Directors, and includes any Deputy Director of the Part B Course appointed by the Board of Directors;

“Part B Examinations” means Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations conducted by —

(a)	the Institute; or
(b)	the Institute and any other person appointed by the Board of Directors;

“qualifying relevant legal officer” has the meaning given by rule 30(1)(b)(ii);

“session”, in relation to the Part B Examinations, means a period, as determined by the Part B Director and published on the Institute’s website, when the Part B Examinations are conducted;

“supervising solicitor” means a solicitor who is responsible for the supervision of a practice trainee while the latter is serving his or her practice training period under a practice training contract;

“supervisor in a qualifying entity” means an employee of a qualifying entity who is responsible for the supervision of a practice trainee while the latter is serving his or her practice training period under a practice training contract with the qualifying entity.

Made on 16 July 2024.

ANG CHENG HOCK

Chairperson,
Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

[SILE/2024/4/ADM; AG/LEGIS/SL/161/2020/11]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 185 of the Legal Profession Act 1966).

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