Singapore legislation

Regulation 33

of Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2024

Regulation 33

Supervising solicitor

Subregulation 1

A solicitor must not be the supervising solicitor of a practice trainee unless the solicitor —

(a)

is in active practice in a Singapore law practice; and

(b)

has in force a practising certificate for a total of not less than 5 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the date of starting his or her supervision of the practice trainee.

Subregulation 2

Subject to paragraph (3), a supervising solicitor must not supervise more than 2 practice trainees at any time.

Subregulation 3

A supervising solicitor does not contravene paragraph (2) if the period of supervising more than 2 practice trainees at the same time is less than 3 months.