Admission to the Singapore Bar

Changes to Admission Requirements

The Ministry of Law has accepted in principle the recommendations of the Committee for the Professional Training of Lawyers on strengthening the professional training regime for lawyers in Singapore.

The key recommendations include:

  1. uncoupling admission to the Bar from the completion of a practice training contract;

  2. lengthening the practice training period from six months to one year; and

  3. raising the standards and stringency of the Part B Bar Examinations.

UPDATE: For an overview of the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations as regards the admission regime, please see the Notice here.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For administrative details on the applicability of the admission regimes, please refer to the annex here. This annex should be read in conjunction with Para 23 (page 6) of the Notice.

For more information, please refer to the report of the Committee for the Professional Training of Lawyers at here and the Ministry of Law’s press release at here.

Last Updated: 2 November 2023