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Resources for Legal Ethics and Professional Standards: Other Relevant Materials

This resource guide consolidates the key resources for legal and professional ethics for students looking for ethical guidelines in both the study and practice of law.

Introduction

Students should also read commentary by Judges and academics. These articles and speeches would aid students to better understand the spirit underpinning the relevant legal professional principle or rule.

Resources

The first chief : Wee Chong Jin : a judicial portrait by Koh, John
Call Number: KPP342 .K64 2010

Publication Date: 2010

See Appendix C, The Legal Profession in Singapore – Past, Present and Future” (1980 Braddell Memorial Lecture)

Title	Comments
Mass Call Address 2022 The Legal Profession as an Honourable Profession The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon	https://www.judiciary.gov.sg/docs/default-source/news-docs/mass-call-address-2022.pdf?sfvrsn=7008500f_2 See paragraphs 6 to 25.
Response delivered at the Opening of The Legal Year 2023 The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon	https://www.judiciary.gov.sg/news-and-resources/news/news-details/chief-justice-sundaresh-menon-response-delivered-at-the-opening-of-the-legal-year-2023 See paragraphs 21 to 24, and 26 to 28.
Ethics in Chamber Hearings: Observations on Certain Practices (2008) 20 SAcLJ 746, Jeffrey Pinsler	Available on Lawnet
The Importance of Ethics in the Practice of Mediation, [2021] 1 AJM 27, Dorcas Quek Anderson	Available on Lawnet

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