36. Responsibilities to practice trainees in law practice

The management of a law practice is responsible for providing supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law to each practice trainee in the law practice.

The management of a law practice must ensure that all of the following apply to each practice trainee who serves the practice training period under a practice training contract with the law practice:

the practice trainee is supervised by a supervising solicitor who —

is in active practice in the law practice; and

has in force a practising certificate for a total of not less than 5 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the date the supervision of the practice trainee starts;

the practice trainee is resident in Singapore during the practice training period;

the supervising solicitor performs the supervising solicitor’s responsibilities in accordance with the Guidelines for Practice Training Contracts issued under rule 23 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 244/2011).

The management of a law practice is responsible for providing supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law to each practice trainee in the law practice.

The management of a law practice must ensure that all of the following apply to each practice trainee who serves the practice training period under a practice training contract with the law practice:

the practice trainee is supervised by a supervising solicitor who —

is in active practice in the law practice; and

has in force a practising certificate for a total of not less than 5 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the date the supervision of the practice trainee starts;

the practice trainee is resident in Singapore during the practice training period;

the supervising solicitor performs the supervising solicitor’s responsibilities in accordance with the Guidelines for Practice Training Contracts issued under rule 23 of the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 244/2011).