Singapore legislation
Regulation 41
Regulation 41
Procedure before filing of application for admission as advocate and solicitor
Subregulation 1
If a qualified person or eligible person who intends to apply for admission as an advocate and solicitor is required to serve a practice training period, he or she must —
inform the Institute, at least 14 days before starting the practice training period, in the form and manner required by the Institute, of —
the proposed date of starting the practice training period;
his or her intention to serve the practice training period in one of the following ways:
under a practice training contract with a Singapore law practice or qualifying entity of the specified name and address;
through working as a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer;
through working under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer of the specified name, appointment and address; and
where his or her intention is to serve the practice training contract under sub‑paragraph (ii)(A), the name of the supervising solicitor or the supervisor in the qualifying entity, as the case may be; and
obtain the approval of the Institute of the manner in which the practice training period is to be served.
Subregulation 2
If a qualified person or eligible person intends to change the manner of serving his or her practice training period, he or she must notify the Institute in writing of that intention and obtain the approval of the Institute for the change.
Subregulation 3
Notification of the intended change mentioned in paragraph (2) must be given no later than 14 days after the change, failing which the period served after the change is not to be counted towards the practice training period.