More law grads taking the road less travelled

Lawyer Algene Tan worked for two top legal firms for almost three years, but limited advancement prospects pushed him to take a different path - one that allows him to be his own boss and to teach.

The 29-year-old graduate of the Singapore Management University (SMU) co-founded a tuition school, Think Teach Academy, with a former banker. His take on the recent move to decouple legal practice training requirements from Bar admission is that it targets a "relatively insignificant" problem compared with a more serious issue - lawyer attrition.