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Have you ever been asked whether by your children or by random strangers what you do as a lawyer and found yourself stumped to come up with an all-encompassing answer that conveys the myriad things that lawyers do? We posed

What In-house Legal Teams Look For While in-house legal departments are often responsible for providing almost all legal services to their organisations, sometimes the services of external lawyers are engaged for the following reasons: Expertise and experience in specific areas of

Legal trainees in Singapore currently undergo a practice training period (PTP) of six months. This is set to increase to 12 months in 2025, following the recommendations by the CPTL to improve the training regime. However, the recommendations seem to

By now most would have heard of how OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been taking the world by storm since its launch in late November 2022. Why is ChatGPT prompting so much discussion? Its interface is user-friendly, even for the Luddite. One merely

Essentials for the Journey into New Frontiers With the slew of substantive and procedural changes made to the family justice ecosystem over the past year, not least as part of its advance towards Therapeutic Justice, 2022 marked a year of transformation

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Every year, Law Society of Singapore conducts anti-money laundering inspections (the inspections) into 50 law firms. Small, medium and large law firms with varying practices are inspected and the inspections cover both Singapore law practices and foreign law practices. The

Ransomware is a viral issue. Recent news reports of ransomware attacks have generated infectious fears of this cryptic threat.

Forging a New Path for Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Therapeutic Justice Landscape Engelin Teh, Senior Counsel and managing director of Engelin Teh Practice LLC, has been proactive in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) scene in her work as a family

The trajectory of many modern day careers has changed immensely. Gone are the days of our forefathers who often stayed in one career and indeed, in the same job and with the same employer their whole working lives. Today’s millennials