Category: Legal Industry

  • Reflections of Ex-Interns, Eric Lip

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • OTP Law Corporation Named Volunteer of the Year 2013 by Law Society Singapore

    OTP Law Corporation Named Volunteer of the Year 2013 by Law Society Singapore

    OTP Law Corporation was named “Volunteer of the Year 2013 (Small-Sized Law Practices)” by the Law Society of Singapore. The award was conferred on 13 November 2013 at the Law Society’s Annual Dinner and Dance held in the Shangrila Hotel. Ms Susan Tay attended the dinner to accept the award on behalf of the law…

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  • Exam for lawyers seeking reinstatement?

    Exam for lawyers seeking reinstatement?

    Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon raised the question of whether disbarred lawyers seeking to be reinstated should be made to take an examination at a Court of Three Judges hearing into 57-year-old Dhanwant Singh’s bid to be reinstated. Both the Law Society and the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) did not oppose Mr Singh’s application. Mr Singh was represented…

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  • When Law Firms Need Interns

    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…

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  • When Lawyers Need Laymen

    When Lawyers Need Laymen

    I’m not a lawyer. For that matter, I’m not a paralegal either (not yet anyway, on both counts). I work for a lawyer, though. And as I trudge through my 9 to 6 weekdays running through cases with him, analyzing evidence and pouring through his mess of letters, authorities and court forms, I have slowly…

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  • Are Legal Services A Necessity In Financial Crises? Or A Necessary Evil?

    Are Legal Services A Necessity In Financial Crises? Or A Necessary Evil?

    Article gives reasons why you will need lawyers even more in times of a financial crisis and the role of a lawyer.

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  • Project Law Help

    Project Law Help

    This article was first published in the August 2008 issue of The Law Gazette. It is a personal account of Ong Tay & Partners’ involvement in Project Law Help, an initiative started by the Law Society of Singapore where law firms provide pro bono services to approved Voluntary Welfare Organisations (“VWO”).

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