Singapore legislation

Regulation 36

of Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015

Regulation 36

Responsibilities to practice trainees in law practice

Subregulation 1

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.

Subregulation 2

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:

(a)

the practice trainee is supervised by a supervising solicitor who —

(i)

is in active practice in the law practice; and

(ii)

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;

(b)

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

(c)

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).