ELEVATING LEGAL CAREERS for tomorrow
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Why Lifted?
For Legal Professionals
Identify and close your skills gaps and plan your learning and development journey.
For Law Firms/Legal Departments
A reference to design and guide your internal talent development frameworks and training pathways.
For Training Providers
Design and develop relevant training programmes that meet the needs of the legal industry.
About LIFTED
The Legal Industry Framework for Training and Education (LIFTED) is a competency framework for the Singapore legal sector, designed to guide and support the professional growth of legal professionals throughout their careers.
Originally conceived in 2015, it was revitalised in early 2025 to implement a cornerstone recommendation of the Report of the Working Group for the Reform of Legal Education to introduce a legal sector competency framework. LIFTED is developed by SAL in close consultation with legal professionals across all levels of seniority and key legal industry stakeholders.
LIFTED comprises
Skills Framework for Legal Services
Aligned with Skillsfuture Singapore’s Skills Framework 2.0, the Skills Framework for Legal Services is built around three key components:
- Career Map: A map that sets out the key professions or job roles within the legal industry.
- Skills Maps: Key outlines of the critical work functions and key tasks associated with various key positions or job roles in the legal sector.
- Competency Statements: Descriptions of the knowledge and abilities required for specific skills at different proficiency levels — basic, intermediate, and advanced.
The Skills Framework for Legal Services will initially focus on disputes and corporate lawyers, with plans to expand over the next few years to include in-house counsel and allied legal professionals, to offer a comprehensive framework for the entire legal industry.
Knowledge Guides
To complement the Skills Framework for Legal Services, SAL is also developing Knowledge Guides which provide guidance on specialised domain knowledge expected for certain specialist areas. The SAL Knowledge Guides are intended to help training providers roll out more knowledge-focused training for those who wish to pursue specialist legal practice.
Training Roadmap for legal professionals (coming soon)
Together, the Skills Framework for Legal Services and the SAL Knowledge Guides will guide the development of a Training Roadmap for legal professionals. This Training Roadmap charts the learning journey and recommends relevant training courses to complete the picture of professional development and training for Singapore’s legal sector.
LIFTED in a nutshell
CAREER MAP
Job Roles in the Legal Industry
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Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks
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Knowledge and Abilities
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KNOWLEDGE GUIDES
Specialist Practice Areas
Learn moreTRAINING ROADMAP
(coming soon)
Skills Framework for Legal Services
Refer to our FAQs about LIFTED or contact us if you have any queries.
Career Navigation
Navigating a legal career can be complex, but Lexplorer: The SAL Career Navigator is here to help you chart the course. Designed for legal professionals at every stage and on any legal career path, Lexplorer brings together a suite of tools and initiatives to support meaningful and sustainable career development within the legal industry. Anchored in SAL’s LIFTED Framework and training roadmap, these tools and initiatives help legal professionals identify their development needs, take action, and build future-ready legal careers.
Resources for Reflection
The LX Career Planner is a template designed to help you take a step back from the day-to-day and take an intentional look at your professional growth – where you are now, where you want to go and what steps you can take to get there.
Across various sections, you will identify a suitable career track that aligns with your personal compass, set meaningful goals, assess your skills using the LIFTED framework, and create an actionable plan for your next steps.
Career Coaching
A guided, small-group session that brings the LX Career Planner to life, helping you chart your legal career path.
An AI-powered tool built on the LX Career Planner to help you explore your legal career path.
A personalised session, available after completing the group workshop or AI tool, to help you sharpen your goals and take action.
Information about Legal Industry Job Roles
Call for interested coaches
Passionate about supporting others in their legal careers? Join us as a coach in Lexplorer: SAL Career Navigator programme.
We are seeking experienced legal professionals from all legal career paths who can contribute their expertise across a range of meaningful opportunities – from career coaching to supporting the development of AI-driven tools. Selected coaches will attend a fully sponsored, customised coaching programme and to be certified as legal career coaches. Be part of a growing community committed to uplifting the legal profession.
Resources to do better at work
Productivity Guides and Tools
Wellbeing resources
From 2025, all SAL members can access a free group mental health and wellness insurance scheme.
Resources to develop
my employees
Law Firms and Legal Departments can make of LIFTED to design your internal talent development frameworks and training pathways, and also leverage on government funding to support your training programmes.