CEO’s Message
Dear Members, The commemoration of the bicentennial is an occasion for reflection, even for those who are disinclined to frequent introspection. It presents each of us an opportunity to vicariously reflect on the past achievements and mistakes of our forefathers to
Redefining the Legal Profession
We are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution where the rise and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), additive manufacturing, robotics, cloud computing, and other advanced technologies are transforming businesses, industries, economies and completely
Group Witness Preparation – Psychology Matters
Introduction Improper witness preparation for the purposes of trial (referred to as “witness preparation” in this article) has been a highly controversial issue in adversarial legal systems. Different common law countries have adopted different approaches in drawing the line between permissible
Thinking Ahead for the Legal Future
Tech-celerate for Law Conference Highlights The Tech-celerate for Law conference was held on 15 May 2019 to commemorate the launch of the Law Society’s latest legal technology initiatives, the Tech-celerate for Law programme and the SmartLaw Guild. This article provides a
SmartLaw Journeys
How Three Small-Medium Firms Successfully Adopted Legal-Tech Adopting legal technology can seem like a time-consuming and costly undertaking. In this article, lawyers from three small and medium firms detail their firm’s experiences with legal technology and share their insights into the
Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
and the Relevance of the Law Society’s ADR Schemes With a growing number of individuals and companies using the Society’s “LSXS” (a collective term we will use for reference to the Law Society Arbitration Scheme [LSAS], the Law Society Mediation Scheme
Message from Guest Editor of Public Law Theme Issue
Last year when the idea of a special issue on public law was mooted at the Publications Committee meeting, I was delighted to be tasked with assembling a veritable list of academic and practitioners to contribute articles to this edition.
President’s Message
This speech was delivered by the President at the Launch of Smart Law Guild on 15 May 2019.Guest of Honour, Minister S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen;It gives me great pleasure to kickstart today’s proceedings with
CEO’s Message
Dear Members,Technology, technology, technology. We are all tech this month with the launch of the Tech-celerate support scheme on 2 May in partnership with the Ministry of Law, Enterprise SG and IMDA and the launch at our Tech-celerate conference on
President’s Message
This speech was delivered by the President at the Litigation Conference 2019 held on 22 and 23 April.Good morning Guest of Honour, Senior Minister of State for Law and Health, Mr Edwin Tong SC, The Honourable Supreme Court Justices See