Examination Format, Syllabuses and Reading Lists

The Foreign Practitioner Examinations are open-book examinations. Each paper is 3 hours long, except for Corporate Finance Paper 1 which is 2 hours long.

1. Corporate Practice
   Covering company law, insolvency law, joint ventures and take-overs & mergers;
   
   Format:
   Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions.
   Paper 2: A number of compulsory multiple-issue hypothetical questions.
   
   Click here for the 2018 Corporate Practice Syllabus and Reading List
   
   
2. Commercial Practice
   Covering Singapore legal and financial system, contract, property, trusts & equity, intellectual property, tax, competition, arbitration and financial crimes;
   
   Format: 
   Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions.
   Paper 2: A number of compulsory multiple-issue hypothetical questions.
   
   Click here for the 2018 Commercial Practice Syllabus and Reading List
   
   
3. Corporate Finance
   Covering capital markets, banking and alternative business structures;
   
   Format:
   Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions.
   Paper 2: A number of compulsory multiple-issue hypothetical questions.
   
   Click here for the 2018 Corporate Finance Syllabus and Reading List
   
   
4. Ethics & Professional Responsibility
   Covering legal infrastructure, responsibilities to the client, relationship between lawyers, the lawyer and the law practice, maintenance of ethical standards and disciplinary issues, responsibilities to the public and the "spirit" of ethics; 
   
   Format:
   Paper 1 only: A number of compulsory multiple-issue hypothetical questions.
   
   Click here for the 2018 Ethics and Professional Responsibility Syllabus and Reading List
   
   

The syllabuses and reading lists may be updated from time to time. Examination formats are subject to change.

Last Updated: 28 June 2021