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PDF)575KB***Inter Se Online (June 2007 june 2007 online January mon tue wed thur fri sat sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 in the news legislation update calendar in the know case law update Welcome to the first Details on the 14th Legislation passed or Coming soon: Find out what is issue of the Academy’s Singapore Academy of revised in March and Summaries of cases happening at the new e-zine, Inter Se Law Annual Lecture. April 2007. from the Supreme and Academy in June and Online. Subordinate courts. July 2007. quit begin in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can INTER SE REVAMPED Inter Se Print is a themed publication look forward to Welcome to the first issue of the Academy’s focusing on analysis and comment. It will new e-zine, Inter Se Online. From June 2007, serve a knowledge creation and genre-insight At the Academy you can look forward to reading Inter Se in function on a particular area of the law and/or • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics two brand-new formats and with two fresh legal practice. Published every six months Code Launched looks. It is out with the bi-monthly print Inter in a calendar year (once in June and once • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: Se and in with the revamped, dual- in December), Inter Se Print will feature Apply now! component Inter Se which comprises: the “life” of a particular area of practice • Appointment/Reappointment as (a) a monthly online version (“Inter Se with topical articles, people profiles and Commissioners for Oaths and Online”); and reviews of relevant publications on that area Notaries Public: Apply now! (b) a half-yearly print version (“Inter Se of practice. Print”). At Large We hope that the revamped Inter Se will • Headlines in The Straits Times Inter Se Online is a monthly information- better meet your needs. As we continually • Headlines in The Business Times dissemination and news-reporting try to improve what we can offer you, our e-magazine sent out via an e-mail blast to member, do let us know what you think via all members and made available on the e-mail to [email protected] Academy’s website. Inter Se Online focuses on bringing relevant and current legal news and updates to members in a concise and timely manner. previous next in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can ACADEMY PUBLISHING LAUNCHED TOGETHER WITH FIRST PUBLICATION ON look forward to LEGAL ETHICS Academy Publishing, a At the Academy new division under the • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics Singapore Academy of Code Launched • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: Law, was launched by the Apply now! Honourable the Chief • Appointment/Reappointment as Justice Chan Sek Keong Commissioners for Oaths and on Friday, 18 May 2007. Notaries Public: Apply now! The aims of this new division are threefold: to At Large provide affordable legal • Headlines in The Straits Times materials to the legal • Headlines in The Business Times profession and law students; to provide an alternative avenue Academy Publishing aims to price its books to academics in the two law schools in at least 50% lower than most comparable Singapore to publish their writings; and to law text books currently in the market. These disseminate the laws of Singapore to a wider publications will be made available at major public in the region or internationally. stores and through the Academy’s website. To encourage lawyers, students and the The first publication by Academy Publishing public to own and refer to more law books, is Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A previous next in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can Code for the Advocate and Solicitor, by Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A look forward to Professor Jeffrey Pinsler. The book is a Code for the Advocate and Solicitor is manual for Singapore lawyers to guide them available for purchase through the Academy’s At the Academy through the many ethical issues that they website at www.sal.org.sg • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics will inevitably face in their professional life. Code Launched It is a work that was specially commissioned • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: by the Chief Justice. Apply now! • Appointment/Reappointment as To raise the standard of legal knowledge Commissioners for Oaths and and practice of our future lawyers, the Notaries Public: Apply now! Academy presented newly-admitted advocates and solicitors at the Mass Call At Large on 26 May 2007 with a complimentary • Headlines in The Straits Times copy of the book to encourage them to start • Headlines in The Business Times their careers as ethical and responsible lawyers. Read the Chief Justice’s full speech delivered at the launch and find out more about Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Code for the Advocate and Solicitor in the upcoming June 2007 print edition of Inter Se. previous next in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS – NYU@NUS look forward to DUAL GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN SINGAPORE 2008/2009 The Singapore Academy of Law is offering • at the time of the award, not have been At the Academy scholarships for postgraduate studies in law awarded any other scholarship for the • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics for the NYU@NUS Dual Graduate Degree course for which this application is made. Code Launched • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: Programme in Singapore. This programme Apply now! will allow SAL scholarship awardees to For more details, please call Sheeba Said • Appointment/Reappointment as experience two educational systems and at 6332 4006. Commissioners for Oaths and earn a Masters of Law (LLM) from both the Notaries Public: Apply now! National University of Singapore (NUS) and Application forms may be downloaded from New York University (NYU). the Academy’s website at www.sal.org.sg or At Large obtained from: • Headlines in The Straits Times Applicants must: Singapore Academy of Law • Headlines in The Business Times • be members of the Singapore Academy 1 Supreme Court Lane Level 4 of Law; Singapore 178879 • be below 40 years of age as at January 2007; The closing date for the submission of • possess at least a Second Upper honours applications is 4.00pm on Friday 31 August degree in Law; and 2007. previous next in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS AND NOTARIES PUBLIC 1 OCTOBER 2007 look forward to TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2008 The Singapore Academy of Law invites commissioners for oaths and as notaries At the Academy applications from advocates and solicitors public (see below for internal guidelines • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics for appointment/reappointment* as used for the appointment/reappointment of Code Launched commissioners for oaths and/or notaries commissioners for oaths and notaries public). • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: public for the period 1 October 2007 to Apply now! 30 September 2008. Applications should For more information on the appointment/ • Appointment/Reappointment as be received by the Academy before reappointment of commissioners for oaths Commissioners for Oaths and 4.00pm, Tuesday, 31 July 2007. Late and notaries public, please contact the Board Notaries Public: Apply now! applications will not be considered. of Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public (“the Board”) office at telephone At Large All commissioners for oaths and notaries number 6332 4117/6. Application forms • Headlines in The Straits Times public will be issued with expiry date stamps may be downloaded from the Academy’s • Headlines in The Business Times for use on documents administered in website at www.sal.org.sg or obtained from exercise of their appointments. Commissioners our office: for oaths and notaries public are required to maintain a register of these documents. Singapore Academy of Law Board of Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public Advocates and solicitors are required to pay 1 Supreme Court Lane an annual fee of $500 each for the Level 4 appointment/reappointment as Singapore 178879. previous next in the news in the know legislation update case law update calendar june 2007 in the news Inter Se Revamped: what you can Subject to the Board’s discretion, the internal guidelines used for the fresh appointments of look forward to advocates and solicitors as commissioners for oaths and notaries public are as follows: As at 1 October 2007 At the Academy Commissioners for Oaths Notaries Public • Academy Publishing and Legal Ethics • those with not less than ten years’ • those with not less than 15 years’ Code Launched experience in active legal practice and/or experience in legal practice; and • SAL Postgraduate Scholarships: legal service; and • those who are not less than 40 years of age. Apply now! • those who are not less than 35 years of age. • Appointment/Reappointment as Commissioners for Oaths and The Board will, otherwise than in exceptional cases, apply a quota for the appointment of Notaries Public: Apply now! commissioners for oaths and notaries public, depending on the size of the firm in which the applicant practises. The table below is for general guidance: At Large 1 to 5 lawyers 1 commissioner and 1 notary • Headlines in The Straits Times 6 to 10 lawyers 2 commissioners and 2 notaries • Headlines in The Business Times 11 to 50 lawyers 3 commissioners and 3 notaries 51 to 80 lawyers 4 commissioners and 4 notaries 81 to 100 lawyers 5 commissioners and 5 notaries 101 to 150 lawyers 6 commissioners and 6 notaries 151 to 200 lawyers 8 commissioners and 8 notaries 201 to 250 lawyers 10 commissioners and 10 notaries *Commissioners for oaths and notaries public whose appointments expire on 31 March 2008 should apply in January 2008.
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