“Lawyers in Singapore”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The number of lawyers in Singapore has declined in the first decade of the 21st century.^[2] There were 3,300 lawyers in 2006.^[3] Parliament approved changes in 2009 to replace the 'pupillage' system with structured training, and to make it easier for lawyers to return to practise.^[4]

International law firms are generally limited to corporate, finance and banking law.

In 2007, there were 4200 lawyers practising law in Singapore, up from 4000 in 2002.^[5]

In July 2009, there were 95 foreign firms with offices in Singapore, and 840 foreign lawyers, up from 576 in 2000.^[6]^[7] Six international firms were given license to practice local corporate law for the first time in December 2008.^[8]

In 2012, there were 5200 lawyers practising in Singapore, according to statistics from the Ministry of Law.^[5]

Large firms such as Rajah & Tann Asia and Allen & Gledhill constitute about 20% of the law industry's practitioners.^[5]

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1. ^{{cite book|last=Ewing-Chow|first=Michael|author2=Aedit Abdullah |title=The Singapore legal system|editor=Kevin Tan|publisher=NUS Press|date=1999|edition=2|pages=531|chapter=The Structure of the Legal Profession|isbn=9971-69-213-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RqTwXSKrBQMC&pg=PA368#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2008/6/14/columnists/insightdownsouth/21540353&sec=insightdownsouth|title=Interest in the professions dropping|last=Nee|first=Seah Chiang|date=14 June 2008|work=Malaysia Star|accessdate=2009-10-02}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20060706081948538|title=Number of lawyers in Singapore shrinks|date=6 July 2006|work=Legalbrief Today|accessdate=2009-10-02}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_418632.html |title=Changes to legal profession |last=Lum |first=Selina |date=19 August 2009 |work=Straits Times |accessdate=2009-10-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823012441/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_418632.html |archivedate=23 August 2009 |df= }}
5. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu.sg/sites/default/files/smu/news_room/smu_in_the_news/2012/sources/ST_20120312_1.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=The Straits Times|page=B1|date=12 March 2012|title=Headline: Fresh grads shun smaller law firms |website=Smu.edu.sg|accessdate=18 September 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/315996/1/.html|title=Carrots for lawyers to stay in S'pore|last=Kong|first=Loh Chee|date=7 December 2007|work=channelnewsasia.com|accessdate=2009-10-02}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahCVZh1pBhKo|title=Singapore to Make Billions Handling Cross-Border Arbitrations|last=Tan|first=Andrea|date=31 August 2009|work=Bloomberg|accessdate=2009-10-02}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aS6aOikDhoJg|title=Singapore Won’t ‘Turn Back,’ Will License New Foreign Law Firms|last=Tan|first=Andrea|date=11 August 2009|work=Bloomberg|accessdate=2009-10-02}}

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