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Case Study: Tech Start for Law in Singapore
The programme is funded by SPRING Singapore under its Collaborative Industry Project (CIP)
initiative and will be administered by the Law Society.
OBJECTIVE
To help Singapore law practices adopt productive technologies and deliver better legal services.
RATIONALE
Technology can help law practices improve productivity and deliver better legal services. However,
a consultancy study commissioned by the Law Society in 2016 showed that only 9% of the small
and medium-sized Singapore law practices interviewed used technology-enabled productivity tools.
One main reason cited for the low adoption rate was cost.
The ‘Tech Start for Law’ programme will help these law practices defray some of the initial cost
and kick-start the wider adoption of basic technology. Up to $2.8m has been allocated for the
‘Tech Start for Law’ programme. This can support up to 380 units of these technology solutions.
MECHANISM
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Under the programme, Singapore law practices can get funding support of up to 70% of the
first-year cost of adopting technology products for practice management, online research
and online marketing.
Five technology products have been identified jointly by the Law Society and SPRING
Singapore, as basic technologies that would help law practices perform their essential day-to-
day tasks more efficiently.
Interested law practices can apply for funding support to use up to three of these solutions (i.e.
one practice management system, one online legal research tool and one online marketing
tool), depending on their needs.
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