200 Years of Values and Value in the Legal Profession
Introduction This article serves as a snapshot to stimulate reflective questions on our professional identity and professional service as lawyers. [ref]I am grateful to my Practice Trainee, Ms Isabelle Lim, for her research for some parts of this article. All errors
Making Kindness Our Business
Dr William Wan In the opening message in Making Kindness Our Business, Minister Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Adviser, Singapore Kindness Movement poses a philosophical, psychological and practical question rolled into one: “We spend so much of
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Try a Little Kindness Introduction The chorus of an old country and western song in the 1970s first recorded by Glen Campbell goes: “You’ve got to try a little kindness Yes, show a little kindness Just shine your light for everyone to see And if you
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Power of Mediation : Culture, Communication and Catharsis/Expression From a Keynote Speech delivered on 29 September 2021 to the CCPIT’s 2021 International Mediation Summit Forum edited for the Singapore Law Gazette. It is a great honour for me to speak to you
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Mental Wellness and Junior Lawyers We celebrated World Mental Health Month 2021 by posting a number of handy, practical tips on mental wellness/wellbeing from our LawCare Counsellor, Ms Sin Chei Liang. These insightful pieces have generated self-awareness and other-awareness about the
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The Family Lawyer as Family Healer (Closing Address, Family Conference 2021 on 29 September 2021) Deputy Presiding Judge, Family Justice Courts, Judge Chia Wee Kiat Registrar, Family Justice Courts, Judge Kenneth Yap Chairpersons, Organising Committee 2021 Family Conference, Ms Kee Lay Lian and Ms
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This was the speech delivered at Mass Call held on 23 and 24 August 2021. May it please Your Honour, on behalf of the Law Society, I seek Your Honour’s leave to address the 2021 cohort of applicants seeking admission
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Edited write-up from Welcome Remarks at webinar on Managing Conflicts of Interest for Legal Practitiones and Law Practices on 27 July 2021. The area of Conflict of Interest is of especial significance in the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 (PCR).
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Welcome Remarks At Just Laugh Fundraising Charity Event 25 June 2021 Guest of Honour Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, Introduction A very warm welcome and sincere note of appreciation goes out from me on behalf of
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Dear Members, This month, I will reiterate various cautions about cybersecurity in the light of a few recent incidents. The Law Society first issued an alert on 10 May to members on the “Goh Keng Law Firm” incident: Fraudsters Targeting Law Practices Dear Member, The