A law degree is certainly considered a smart career move as it commands status, prestige, employment and promotion prospects and it often has a good or even large income attached to it. Of course those with law degrees are not limited to obtaining legal jobs but the reputation of a law degree makes law graduates highly desirable to employers. A law degree is a gateway to many careers. In addition to the legal profession law graduates routinely find employment in a vast range of areas which include: business and finance; social welfare; the civil service; publishing; and teaching.
Singapore Law is heavily influence by the English law, in areas such as contract, Tort and Restitution than in other statue based areas such as criminal law, company law and the law of evidence. Singapore lawyers may perform both as an advocate and a solicitor.
Studying Law in the UK gets you a 3 year undergraduate degree which is an LLB. With this academic qualification one is not allow to practice as a lawyer. But once the academic qualification is completed, there comes the spilt of being a solicitor or barrister. It takes one academic year to complete the bar vocational course. Successful students will be called to the bar a professional qualification to practice as a lawyer.
Law Degree Curriculum
Law school is a place to learn how to think analytically and solve problems. In addition to critical-thinking skills, students are taught how the legal system works, as well as substantive areas of the law, such as the Constitution, tax law and evidence.
Sample Law Degree Curriculum
- Analysing Law
- Civil Justice System
- Commercial Law
- Company Law
- Competition Law & Policy
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional & Administrative Law
- Contract
- Criminal Justice System
- Criminal Law
- Criminology
- Employment Law
- EU Law
- Equity & Trusts
- Family Law
- Health Care Law
- Human Rights & Civil Liberties
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Jurisprudence
- Land Law
- Law of Evidence
- Law and Political Theory
- Law of Torts
- Learning Legal Skills
- Legal History
Law Degrees Recognized by Singapore Bar
In February 2009, the Ministry for Law has made changes to the legal education framework. Law graduates from universities in the United Kingdom or Australia should satisfy the following conditions for the purpose of admission to the Singapore Bar:
- they have obtained their law degrees from one of following universities
- they have to complete Part A and Part B of the Bar Examination
- they have to fulfil a 12 months training contract
External law degrees obtained from any overseas university in or after 1996 should no longer be recognised for the purpose of admission to the Singapore Bar.
Recognized Law Schools in the UK
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University of Durham
- University of Exeter
- University of Leeds
- University of Leicester
- University of Liverpool
- King’s College, University of London
- LSE, University of London
- Queen Mary, University of London
- SOAS, University of London
- University College, University of London
- University of Manchester
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University of Warwick
Recognized Law Schools in Australia
- Australian National University
- Flinders University
- Monash University
- Murdoch University
- University of Melbourne
- University of New South Wales
- University of Queensland
- University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania
- University of Western Australia
Recognized Law Schools in New Zealand
- University of Auckland
- Victoria University of Wellington
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