Singapore Academy of Law
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| Formed | November 1, 1988 |
| Headquarters | 1 Supreme Court Lane Singapore 178879 |
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| Website | www |
The Singapore Academy of Law (Abbreviation: the Academy; Chinese: 新加坡法律协会) is a statutory body in Singapore. The Academy is the promotion and development agency for Singapore’s legal industry. Its mandate includes building up the intellectual capital of the legal profession, promoting Singapore as a centre for dispute resolution and improving the efficiency of legal practice through technology.
It is led by a Senate comprising the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, the Supreme Court Bench and key leaders of the various branches of the legal profession. It has more than 10,000 members, comprising the Bench, all persons who are called as advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Bar), or who are appointed as Legal Service Officers, corporate counsel, faculty members of the two local law schools (i.e. the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University) and foreign lawyers in Singapore.
The Academy celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013. In the course of the last two and a half decades, the Academy has grown from a fledgling membership organization to a fully self-funded statutory body and a major institution in the Singapore legal landscape.
The Singapore Academy of Law Act was created by an Act of Parliament on 1 November 1988, and had its City Hall premises officially opened by former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. With the Singapore Academy of Law (Amendment) Act passed in 1995, Academy functions were expanded to include development of legal infrastructure and services.
In 2007, the Academy was restructured into three legal clusters and a corporate services cluster to serve as core mandates for its areas of work. The legal clusters consisted Legal Knowledge, Legal Technology and Legal Industry, and were directed towards raising the standard and quality of legal practice and building a strong and dynamic legal community in Singapore.
The Academy is governed by the Senate which is headed by the Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon as President. The Vice-Presidents of the Academy are the Honourable Attorney-General V. K. Rajah, SC; the Honourable Judge of Appeal Justice Chao Hick Tin; the Honourable Judge of Appeal Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong; President of the Law Society of Singapore, Mr Lok Vi Ming, SC; Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore, Professor Simon Chesterman; and Dean of the School of Law of Singapore Management University, Professor Yeo Tiong Min, SC (honoris causa).
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