Singapore Academy of Law
The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is a statutory body in Singapore. SAL is a promotion and development agency for Singapore's legal industry. SAL also undertakes statutory functions such as stakeholding services and the appointment of Senior Counsel, Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public. It also organises the annual TechLaw.Fest with the Ministry of Law and MP International. The conference is a global gathering of legal and tech professionals and has featured speakers like Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Law Minister K Shanmugam. SAL has 3 sub-brands: Singapore Law Watch, Academy Publishing and  LawNet (known as Legal Workbench in Malaysia). SAL also has 3 subsidiaries: the Singapore Mediation Centre, the SAL Ventures and the Asian Business Law Institute. History. The Singapore Academy of Law Act was created by an Act of Parliament on 1 November 1988, and had its City Hall premises officially opened by former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. With the Singapore Academy of Law (Amendment) Act passed in 1995, SAL's functions were expanded to include development of legal infrastructure and services. Management. Senate. SAL is led by a Senate headed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, and comprising the Attorney -General, the Supreme Court Bench and key leaders of the various branches of the legal profession. It has more than 12,000 members, including the Bench, all persons who are called as advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Bar) or appointed as Legal Service Officers, corporate counsel, faculty members of the three local law schools (i.e. National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences) and foreign lawyers in Singapore. Executive committee. SAL's Executive Board oversees major decision making and provides strategic direction for the development of SAL's role in the Singapore  legal industry. The Executive Board comprises 12 members from both the judiciary and the private sector. Work of the Academy. The scope of SAL's work as a promotion and development agency covers four "Cs": This work is carried out by 5 clusters: Links to Community. SAL has designated the Yellow Ribbon Fund as the sole beneficiary of its charity efforts since 2011.