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Portrait of the Old Timer – The Not-So-Private-Nor-Secret Life of a Sole Proprietor of a Singapore Law Practice 1990-2018 (with 2-year hiatus 2005-2007)
Written By: Ong Ying Ping of Ong Ying Ping Esquire – An Affiliate of PracticeForte Advisory. This article was first published on PracticeForte’s website: www.practiceforte.sg As my late pupil master said, you can complain all you like about how exacting and demanding – even unforgiving – legal practice can be, but litigation practice is never…
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Reflections of a Junior College Law Program Intern
6 days is often too short for one to learn anything. What’s more when it comes to picking up skillsets that might be important in our “future” or even gathering the most amount of information in the shortest time possible for what could be deemed as our “dream job”. However, my experience here at OTP…
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Reflection of an Ex-Intern – Dion Ng
My internship with OTP Law Corporation has been a really enriching experience. I was not just exposed to the practice of law, but also to how a small law firm functions as a whole. The environment was as warm as I expected, given how closely the lawyers and paralegals work together in a small law…
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In-house counsels: How privileged are you?
In-house counsels: How privileged are you? The recent Singapore Court of Appeal case of ARX v Comptroller of Income Tax [2016] SGCA 56 sheds light on legal professional privilege (“LPP”), more specifically legal advice privilege, accorded to in-house counsels. The SGCA extensively discussed this issue and concluded that in-house counsels are indeed accorded LPP –…
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Reflections of Ex-Intern, Tai Xue Min
Being a pre-law student made me both thrilled yet apprehensive about applying for an internship – would the experience be less fulfilling because I lacked rudimentary legal knowledge? My doubts turned out to be unfounded as I had an incredibly valuable two months with OTP Law Corporation. I was thrusted into foreign territory on my…
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Reflections of Ex-Interns, Eric Lip
Starting out a new internship is always intimidating as one would worry that their relative inexperience would make them seem like a bungling amateur. Fortunately for me, such fears were quickly alleviated as the small and comfortable environment in OTP Law Corporation proved to be very welcoming and helpful. Not only did the lawyers take…
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Reflections of Ex-Intern, Emelia Kwa
My four weeks at OTP Law Corporation flew by in a jiffy. It turns out that the time-old adage “time flies when you’re having fun” really is true (or you know, just being really busy). There was always plenty to do at work, which in turn, gave me a richer internship experience than I could…
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Reflections of Ex-Intern, Tan Su
Selling shoes at clearance prices to ‘aunties’ for a week felt like an eternity, so when I received an email from Sandra informing me that my internship at OTPLC was 2 months long I felt almost aghast at the prospect – what, a quarter of my blissfully long holiday cooped up in a tiny office…
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Reflections of Ex-Intern, Nytia
To some overseas law students, the summer holidays would be the time where they use the break to spend time with their family. Thankfully, I have very understanding parents who allowed me to intern under Ms. Susan Tay and Mr. Lim Seng Siew for a good four weeks. I stumbled onto OTP’s website by accident.…
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Reflections of Ex-Intern, Greg Ong
I wasn’t in law school. I had no prior experience in the legal industry. I didn’t have any defining achievements to speak of. Yet, for some unknown reason (planetary alignment perhaps), the partners at OTP Law Corporation decided to take a gamble and offer me an internship. This is the account of my month-long internship…
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Reflections of an Intern by Evelyn Tan
Internship at OTP is different. How different? Read the Reflections by one of our interns.
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When Law Firms Need Interns
For our latest intern’s exit interview, we thought we might ask him to write a post about his experience for our blog. After a couple of minutes of mildly flipping out, our young friend came up with this gem of a piece. Needless to say, his experience was as valuable a learning experience for all…



