Singapore is to set up a third law school that will emphasise criminal and family law, in a move to address the shortage of lawyers in these fields. It will be geared towards attracting mid-career professionals who want to make law their new career, said Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Tuesday. The school is among six recommendations made by a committee set up in March last year to review the supply of lawyers in Singapore. The acute shortage of lawyers in criminal and community law is especially felt by smaller law firms that typically practise in these fields. They struggle to find young lawyers willing to join their firms, noted the committee.  "Only the top students in each cohort gain entry to NUS Law and SMU Law, while those who study law abroad are usually put to substantial financial expense," it noted. Details on when the school will start and where it will be sited were not available. But what is certain is that it will not be at NUS or SMU. The five other proposals made by the committee include raising SMU's intake of law students from 120 to 180 over the next three years.