Asia.legalbusinessonline.com, 20 Feb 2009, Rashida Yosufzai
Singapore is set to join Australia, Hong Kong and England in requiring lawyers to undertake mandatory continuing legal education, while overseas-qualified lawyers no longer have to complete a compulsory course to practise locally.
Law minister K Shanmugam announced the changes in Parliament as part of a broad raft of "essential measures" to improve the legal industry. "A comprehensive and holistic legal education framework is necessary, because most essential for a vibrant legal sector are good quality lawyers," he said. "Therefore, ensuring that legal education and training is top notch is extremely important."
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