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May 29, 2010
Guard against arrogance: CJ
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CJ Chan spoke at a ceremony for more than 200 new lawyers admitted to the Bar. He noted that the best lawyers never stopped learning. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN
<!-- story content : start --> SHUN arrogance, embrace life-long learning. For good measure, get involved in pro bono - that is, free - work. That clarion call to young lawyers came from senior legal eagles on Saturday, led by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong. CJ Chan spoke at a ceremony for more than 200 new lawyers admitted to the Bar. He noted that the best lawyers never stopped learning.
He was echoed by Law Society vice-president Wong Meng Meng, who said it was 'only too easy' for young lawyers to become arrogant, as they are among Singapore's highest paid young professionals today. "If a lawyer thinks he has absolutely not enough to learn, then that is the beginning of his downfall. And that is also part and parcel of arrogance,' Mr Wong said. He also urged them to move out of their 'special status in life and try to experience the life of the ordinary citizens of Singapore'.
Read the full report in The Sunday Times.
