Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2012
Abstract
As law firm internships provide law students with their first substantial encounters with lawyers, in situations where they are especially eager to impress, a project was undertaken to examine the impact of private law firm internships on the professional identities of future lawyers. Fifty-two volunteers from the Singapore Management University, which mandates 10 weeks of internships with approved partners, were surveyed. Most had done corporate or civil litigation work at local firms in Singapore. The findings of this research project were presented at the fifth International Legal Ethics Conference, held in Canada in July.
Keywords
future lawyers, law firm interns, good lawyers, law firm internships, law students, Singapore Management University
Discipline
Asian Studies | Legal Education | Legal Profession
Publication
Straits Times
ISSN
1692-9344
Publisher
Singapore Press holdings
Citation
TAN, Seow Hon.
Internships and the making of future lawyers. (2012). Straits Times.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2466
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