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Formed | 1 November 1988 |
Headquarters | 1 Supreme Court Lane, Singapore 178879 |
Agency executives |
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Website | sal.org.sg |
The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is a promotion and development agency for Singapore's legal industry. SAL also undertakes statutory functions such as stakeholding services and the appointment of Senior Counsel, Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public. It also organises the annual TechLaw.Fest with the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and MP International. The conference is a global gathering of legal and tech professionals and has featured speakers like Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.
SAL has 3 sub-brands: Singapore Law Watch, Academy Publishing, and LawNet (known as Legal Workbench in Malaysia).
SAL also has 3 subsidiaries: the Singapore Mediation Centre, the SAL Ventures, and the Asian Business Law Institute.
SAL has designated the Yellow Ribbon Fund as the sole beneficiary of its charity efforts since 2011.
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, SAL's functions were expanded to include development of legal infrastructure and services.
SAL is led by a Senate headed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, and comprising the Attorney-General, the Supreme Court Bench and key leaders of the various branches of the legal profession. It has more than 12,000 members, including the Bench, all persons who are called as advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Bar) or appointed as Legal Service Officers, corporate counsel, faculty members of the three local law schools (i.e. National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences) and foreign lawyers in Singapore.
SAL's Executive Board oversees major decision making and provides strategic direction for the development of SAL's role in the Singapore legal industry. The Executive Board comprises 12 members from both the judiciary and the private sector.
The scope of SAL's work as a promotion and development agency covers four "Cs":
This work is carried out by 5 clusters:
Date | Name | Remarks |
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1997 - 7 February 2021 | Serene Wee | Director since at least 1997 [1] [2] |
8 February 2021 - 7 February 2023 | Rama Tiwari | [3] |
8 February 2023 - 28 February 2023 | Serene Wee | Interim Chief Executive |
1 April 2023 - present | Yeong Zee Kin | [4] |
On 1 February 2023, the SAL published a commentary by Harpreet Singh Nehal questioning the decision by the Singapore authorities not to prosecute former senior management of Keppel Offshore & Marine for bribery. [11] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had issued stern warning to the former senior management in lieu of prosecution for corruption-related offences. However, the commentary was no longer available on the SAL's website by the afternoon of 2 February 2024.
SAL stated in response to media queries that the article "was not within the editorial parameters of Singapore Law Watch which are focused on commentaries on the latest Singapore Supreme Court judgments and articles on recent legislative changes". [12]
On 6 February 2023, SAL announced that its then-Chief Executive, Rama Tiwari, would be stepping down "on the expiry of his current contract". [3] In response to media queries, the SAL clarified that Tiwari's decision to step down had been finalised in December 2022 and was not linked to commentary which had been taken down several days earlier. SAL also explained that "Mr Tiwari was not involved in either the decision to publish the commentary or in the subsequent decision to take it down." [13]
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1 November 1988 |
Headquarters | 1 Supreme Court Lane, Singapore 178879 |
Agency executives |
|
Website | sal.org.sg |
The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is a promotion and development agency for Singapore's legal industry. SAL also undertakes statutory functions such as stakeholding services and the appointment of Senior Counsel, Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public. It also organises the annual TechLaw.Fest with the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and MP International. The conference is a global gathering of legal and tech professionals and has featured speakers like Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.
SAL has 3 sub-brands: Singapore Law Watch, Academy Publishing, and LawNet (known as Legal Workbench in Malaysia).
SAL also has 3 subsidiaries: the Singapore Mediation Centre, the SAL Ventures, and the Asian Business Law Institute.
SAL has designated the Yellow Ribbon Fund as the sole beneficiary of its charity efforts since 2011.
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, SAL's functions were expanded to include development of legal infrastructure and services.
SAL is led by a Senate headed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, and comprising the Attorney-General, the Supreme Court Bench and key leaders of the various branches of the legal profession. It has more than 12,000 members, including the Bench, all persons who are called as advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Bar) or appointed as Legal Service Officers, corporate counsel, faculty members of the three local law schools (i.e. National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences) and foreign lawyers in Singapore.
SAL's Executive Board oversees major decision making and provides strategic direction for the development of SAL's role in the Singapore legal industry. The Executive Board comprises 12 members from both the judiciary and the private sector.
The scope of SAL's work as a promotion and development agency covers four "Cs":
This work is carried out by 5 clusters:
Date | Name | Remarks |
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1997 - 7 February 2021 | Serene Wee | Director since at least 1997 [1] [2] |
8 February 2021 - 7 February 2023 | Rama Tiwari | [3] |
8 February 2023 - 28 February 2023 | Serene Wee | Interim Chief Executive |
1 April 2023 - present | Yeong Zee Kin | [4] |
On 1 February 2023, the SAL published a commentary by Harpreet Singh Nehal questioning the decision by the Singapore authorities not to prosecute former senior management of Keppel Offshore & Marine for bribery. [11] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau had issued stern warning to the former senior management in lieu of prosecution for corruption-related offences. However, the commentary was no longer available on the SAL's website by the afternoon of 2 February 2024.
SAL stated in response to media queries that the article "was not within the editorial parameters of Singapore Law Watch which are focused on commentaries on the latest Singapore Supreme Court judgments and articles on recent legislative changes". [12]
On 6 February 2023, SAL announced that its then-Chief Executive, Rama Tiwari, would be stepping down "on the expiry of his current contract". [3] In response to media queries, the SAL clarified that Tiwari's decision to step down had been finalised in December 2022 and was not linked to commentary which had been taken down several days earlier. SAL also explained that "Mr Tiwari was not involved in either the decision to publish the commentary or in the subsequent decision to take it down." [13]