- To conduct and undertake seminars, conferences, workshops and other educational programmes for the development of an effective and competitive corporate environment that serves the needs of the business community, corporate law practitioners and the general public.
- To provide a non-political and non-partisan forum for freely debating issues, laws, policies and judicial decisions that affect industry and commerce and the business community as a whole with a view to making appropriate recommendations to relevant authorities.
- To liaise and co-operate with companies, organisations, financial institutions, chambers of commerce and industrial associations which employ or use the services of corporate lawyers.
- To be the mouthpiece of lawyers of good standing who have been admitted to ordinary membership of the Institute.