Women in Practice (#WIP) – A Work in Progress
The Law Society has formed a taskforce to examine women-in-the-workplace issues in a move to address inequities still present in the legal industry. Equality, after all, underpins the rule of law. The taskforce comprises Felicia Tan (Director, Incisive Law LLC), Simran
No Mountain Too High
Interview with Kuah Boon Theng, SC International Women’s Day falls in March and this month we are pleased to celebrate with one of our own women lawyers, Kuah Boon Theng, SC who was appointed Senior Counsel in January. Boon Theng was
Amicus Agony
Dear Amicus Agony, I am a first-year associate in a small team. On average, I work six days a week and clock approximately 80 hours each. I feel like Sisyphus; every day is an uphill battle. Given the psychological stress that I
Amicus Agony
Dear Amicus Agony, One of my favourite subjects in law school was criminal law because it seemed grounded in reality and the least esoteric out of all the modules we had to study. I am now training in a general litigation
Me and Us
As 2018 begins and the Law Gazette enters into its first online edition published solely by the Law Society, I have some wishes for the new year ahead. The focus of 2018 is myself and the Wife. Both of us tend to
Legal Industry to Embrace Industry 4.0
The last three revolutions can be listed as industrialisation, electrification and digitalisation. They were interlinked with continuity from one revolution to the next but the fourth industrial revolution (or so called Industry 4.0) is a distinct one and is evolving