2017

The SILE’s verification of compliance with CPD requirements for CPD Year 2016 will commence from May 2017 (‘CPD Compliance Audit’). This advisory outlines the process of the Compliance Audit for CPD Year 2016.

Advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court of Singapore seeking to apply for a Singapore practising certificate ('PC') must make one of the three declarations set out under rule 8 of the CPD Rules in the online PC application form. This advisory clarifies the appropriate declaration to be made by various groups of solicitors seeking to apply for PCs in 2017.

The Singapore Institute of Legal Education is accepting waiver applications for CPD Year 2016 from 7 February 2017.

The Singapore Institute of Legal Education has implemented an Extension Waiver for CPD Year 2016. The extension period is from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017.

This notice clarifies the number of CPD points which Group 3 Lawyers, Group 2 Lawyers, Group 1 Lawyers and s36B Foreign Lawyers must obtain for CPD Year 2017.