Under Rule 8(3) of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules, you are a “qualified person” if you fulfil ALL the following requirements:

(a) You are a Singapore citizen or permanent resident;

(b) On or after 1st May 1993, you were admitted as a candidate for any degree of Bachelor of Laws specified in the First Schedule by a university in the United Kingdom specified in the First Schedule (see Rule 3 for the definition of the date of admission);

© You commenced reading the course of study leading to that degree on or after 1st January 1994;

(d) You were conferred that degree by that university on or after 1st January 1997;

(e) You attained at least Lower Second Class Honours or the equivalent thereof for that degree;

(f) You read the degree as a “full-time internal candidate” of that university; or if you did not read the degree as a “full-time internal candidate” of that university, this was approved by the Board of Legal Education before 31 July 2009 or by the Minister for Law on or after that date (see Rule 10(1) and the definition of “full-time internal candidate” in Rule 2);

(g) You commenced and completed the course of study leading to that degree over a period of at least 3 academic years (i.e. not as an “accelerated course”); or if the period was less than 3 academic years, you fulfil ONE of the following requirements:

(i) You were admitted by the university for the “accelerated course” before 1st August 2001;

(ii) You commenced reading the “accelerated course” before 1st May 2002; or

(iii) You obtained approval for the “accelerated course” from the Board of Legal Education before 31 July 2009 or by the Minister for Law on or after that date; (see Rule 11(1)(a) and (2), the definition of “accelerated course” in Rule 2 and the definition of date of admission in Rule 3);

(h) You did not read the degree as part of a “dual degree”; or if you did read the degree as part of a “dual degree”, you fulfil ONE of the following requirements:

(i) You were admitted by the university for the “dual degree course” before 1st August 2001;

(ii) You commenced reading the “dual degree course” before 1st May 2002; or

(iii) You obtained approval for the “dual degree course” from the Board of Legal Education before 31 July 2009 or by the Minister for Law on or after that date; (see Rule 11(1)(b) and (2), the definitions of “dual degree” and “dual degree course” in Rule 2 and the definition of date of admission in Rule 3);

(i) You were not conferred a “combined degree”; or your “combined degree” was approved by the Board of Legal Education before 31 July 2009 or by the Minister for Law on or after that date, and you complied with all requirements specified by the Board or the Minister for Law, if any (see Rule 12 and the definition of “combined degree” in Rule 2); and

(j) You fulfil ONE of the following requirements:

(i) You have obtained the Diploma in Singapore Law [Note: Under Rule 17(1)(b)(1)© of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules, individuals in this category who are “qualified persons” by virtue of obtaining the Diploma in Singapore Law but who have yet to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court shall make an application under section 12(2) of the Legal Profession Act to do so on or before 2nd May 2012 (Rule 17(2))]; or

(ii) You have passed Part A of the Bar Examinations and, after you have passed the final examination for your degree, for a period of not less than 6 months within a continuous period of 8 months you have been engaged in “relevant legal training” and/or “relevant legal practice or work” (see definitions in Rule 2) or you are exempt from the latter requirement because:

On or before 1st August 2009, you have been engaged in “relevant work” for a period of not less than 6 months within a continuous period of 8 months (see definition of “relevant work” in Rule 15A(2) of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules) [Note: Under Rule 17(1)(ec) of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules, individuals in this category who are “qualified persons” by virtue of having been engaged in “relevant work” but who have yet to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court shall make an application under section 12(2) of the Legal Profession Act to do so on or before 2nd May 2012 (Rule 17(2))]; or

With the approval of the Board of Legal Education before 3rd May 2011 and for a period of not less than 6 months within a continuous period of 8 months, you have received supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law through working as a Legal Service Officer or under the supervision of a “relevant legal officer” (see Rule 15A(1) of the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules for details).