Judge Yarni Loi – District Judge, Family Justice Courts
Yarni earned her LLB (Hons) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and obtained her Postgraduate Diploma in Singapore Law from the National University of Singapore. After being called to the Singapore Bar, she spent the bulk of her career in private practice as a corporate litigation lawyer in Drew & Napier LLC, where she was a Director. In 2011, whilst still working in Drew, she started pursuing part-time studies in counselling at TCA College, a college affiliated with Trinity Christian Centre. She was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling by TCA College (accredited by the University of Wales) in 2013. As part of her counselling studies, she did a full-time counselling internship at Tampines Family Service Centre for 6 months where she was actively involved in providing social work and counselling services. She joined the Legal Service and was appointed District Judge in the family justice division of the State Courts, now Family Justice Courts, in March 2014.