Law Society of Singapore

Law Society of Singapore
Type	Bar association
Region served	Singapore

The headquarters of the Law Society of Singapore at South Bridge Road

The Law Society of Singapore is the organisation that represents all lawyers in Singapore. It publishes the Law Gazette and operates a scheme for needy people to benefit from legal services free-of-charge.^[1] The Society also sets out rules for how lawyers should advertise.^[2] The Law Society is analogous to what is called the Bar Association in many countries.

The society motto is "An Advocate for the Profession, An Advocate for the Community."

Leadership[]

Year	President
1963–1964	C. C. Tan
1965	Mr Po Guan Hock
1966	C. F. J. Ess
1967	C. C. Tan
1968	H. P. Godwin
1969–1972	G. Starforth Hill
1973–1974	M. Karthigesu
1975–1977	H. L. Wee
1978	M. Karthigesu
1979	Phyllis P. L. Tan
1980–1983	T. P. B. Menon
1984–1985	Harry Elias SC
1986	Francis Seow
1987–1989	Giam Chin Toon SC
1990–1992	C. R. Rajah SC
1993–1994	Peter Cuthbert Low
1995–1997	Chandra Mohan K. Nair
1998–1999	George Lim Teong Jin SC
2000–2002	Palakrishnan SC
2003	Arfat Selvam
2004–2007	Philip Jeyaretnam SC
2008 – July 2010	Michael Hwang SC
Aug 2010 – 2012	Wong Meng Meng SC
2013–2014	Lok Vi Ming SC
2015–2016	Thio Shen Yi SC
2017 – current	Gregory Vijayendran SC

References[]

^ "Free legal help for victims' kin". The Straits Times. 29 January 2005.
^ Siow Li Sen (8 March 2006). "Law Society studies permitting referral fees". Business Times.