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Admission to the Singapore Bar

Admission as Lawyer (NP)

The key requirements for admission as a Lawyer (NP) include:

  • being a qualified person;
  • attending and satisfactorily completing the Part B Bar Course; and
  • passing the Part B Bar Examinations.

Lawyer (NP) Admission Process

To apply for admission as a Lawyer (NP), you will need to file an originating application for admission, under rule 25 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024. A hearing date for the application will be fixed by the Supreme Court Registry. This date will be at least 60 days after the date of filing of the originating application.

You must also file an affidavit in support of your application for admission. The affidavit cannot be filed earlier than 30 days after the date on which you filed the originating application, nor can it be filed later than 21 days before the hearing date. Rule 25(4) of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024 sets out the requirements of the affidavit, which must include:

  • A certificate from SILE stating that you are a qualified person, that you have attended and satisfactorily completed the Part B Bar Course, and that you have passed the Part B Bar Examinations; and
  • Two recent certificates of good character.

The affidavit and the certificates must be in the form specified in the Admission Rules 2024 Forms page. Please refer to the Admission Rules 2024 Forms for instructions on which form to use.

Your application for admission must be made within 5 years after the date on which you passed the Part B Bar Examinations.

If the Attorney-General, the Law Society or the Institute intends to object to your application for admission, they must file a notice of objection and serve it on you. This must be done not less than 5 days before the hearing date.

If the Attorney-General, the Law Society or the Institute does not intend to object to your application for admission, each of these parties will serve a letter stating that it has no objections to the application on you. This must be done not less than 5 days before the hearing date.

For the purposes of determining whether to object to your application, the Attorney-General, the Law Society or the Institute may require you to provide additional information or documents (at your own expense) and apply for the application to be adjourned.

 

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Please take note that the information above is given to applicants for ease of reference only. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that their application complies with the requirements stipulated by law. This includes the Legal Profession Act 1966, subsidiary legislation under the Legal Profession Act 1966, such as the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024, the Supreme Court Practice Directions, and any other relevant prevailing legislation that may apply.

  

 

Last Updated: 18 September 2024