The Singapore Legal Service is the collective body of lawyer

Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

s (Legal Service Officers) who serve in the court

Court

A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law...

s, the Attorney-General's Chambers, and the legal departments of various government ministries

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 and statutory board

Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

The statutory boards of the Singapore Government are organisations that have been given autonomy to perform an operational function. They usually report to one specific ministry.*Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority...

s in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It is an autonomous part of the Singapore Public Service and all positions in the public service that must be filled by lawyers are the responsibility of the Legal Service. There were 307 Legal Service Officers as of 31 December 2008—about 10% of Singapore's practising lawyers. The Legal Service Commission, established under Article 111 of the Singapore Constitution, controls the appointment, dismissal, and disciplinary action of members of the Service.