Students from Singapore's proposed third law school will graduate with knowledge that spans various fields of law. But Senior Minister of State for Law and Education Indranee Rajah hopes its focus on mid-career professionals interested in family and criminal law will produce lawyers strong in both general and specialised areas. Ms Indranee was responding to concerns expressed by lawyers about how effectively the new school would address the shortage of family and criminal lawyers. She hoped that the new school would be different from existing ones at SMU and NUS. Both offer fundamental subjects such as contract law, but SMU emphasises areas such as corporate law, and NUS, international law and arbitration.