OP here once again. To further prove my point above that it is well-settled that law students have had the chance of benefiting from an in-house internship (and that the only way in is NOT just to go in after years of practice), and to persist in progressing this discussion in answering of my question above - for the benefit of all law students interested:

NUS law school has facilitate in-house internships with (source: s://law.nus.edu.sg/cfglaw/students/i-want-to-find-internships-training-contracts-jobs/vi):

• Aberdeen Asset Management
• Accenture
• AEM Singapore Pte Ltd
• Align Technology
• Allfunds
• Amadeus GDS Singapore Pte Ltd
• Aramco Trading Singapore Pte Ltd
• ATT Systems (S’pore) Pte Ltd
• BBC Worldwide
• Bollore Logistics Asia Pacific Corporate Pte Ltd
• BP Singapore Pte Ltd
• Bunge Ltd
• ByteDance (Singapore)
• Canon Singapore Pte Ltd
• Capgemini Singapore
• Changi Airport Group
• Citibank N.A. Singapore
• Danone Asia Pte Ltd
• Dril-Quip Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Engie Services Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Epsilon Telecommunication Pte Ltd
• Fox International Channels
• Fushinova Technologies Pte Ltd
• GE Money
• Gemalto Pte Ltd
• General Electric
• General Insurance Association (GIA) of Singapore
• Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Guocoland Management Pte Ltd
• Harley-Davidson Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• HydraX Tellabs, Inc
• Imerys Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Ingram Micro Asia Ltd
• Intelllex
• Intel Technologies Pte Ltd
• JP Morgan Chase Bank
• Klook Travel
• Lazada South East Asia Pte Ltd
• LEGO Group
• LinkedIn Singapore Pte Ltd
• Luxottica

• Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd
• Marriott International
• Merck Pte Ltd
• Merz Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Minterest Private Limited
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• NBCUniversal
• NEFIN Technologies Pte Ltd
• Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd
• NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Limited
• Orica International Pte Ltd
• Pavilion Capital International Pte Ltd
• PayPal Private Limited
• PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• RCI Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd
• Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd
• RtM International Pte. Ltd.
• Samsung Asia Pte Ltd
• Silverdale Capital Services Pte Ltd
• Singapore Petroleum Company Limited
• SMRT
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Symantec
• Temasek Trust Ltd
• TES-AMM (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Unilever Singapore
• Vopak Asia Pte Ltd
• Yara Asia Pte Ltd

SMU YPH law school has facilitated in-house internships with (source: s://law.smu.edu.sg/student-activities/internship):

• Accenture Pte Ltd
• Asia Pacific Breweries Limited
• Adobe Systems Pte Ltd
• Allianz International Pte Ltd
• Allianz SE Insurance Management Asia Pacific
• Aon Singapore
• BP Singapore Pte Ltd
• Capitamalls Asia Limited
• Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Coca-Cola Far East Limited
• CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd
• Dymon Asia Capital (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Dyson Operations Pte Ltd
• ESPN Star Sports
• Financial Industry Disputes
• Resolution Centre Ltd (FIDReC)
• GE Capital Services Pte Ltd
• GE Healthcare
• Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Hewlett Packard Singapore (Private) Ltd
• Hong Leong Finance Limited
• Ingram Micro Asia Ltd
• Keppel Fels Limited
• LexisNexis Singapore
• McDonald's Restaurants Pte Ltd
• Monsanto Singapore Co. Pte Ltd
• NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited
• Pavilion Capital
• Paypal SG
• Pontiac Land Group
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Saxo Capital Markets Pte Ltd
• SE Insurance Management Asia Pacific
• Siemens Pte Ltd
• SingPost
• Singapore Aero Engine Services Private limited
• Starwood Hotels and Resorts
• Symantec Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Tellabs Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
• Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
• Tiger Airways Singapore Pte Ltd
• Vopak Asia Pte Ltd

You can't tell me that:

1. Working at Tiger Airways wouldn't enable you to gain legal and commercial experience/understanding in asset/aviation finance/law.

2. Working at AON wouldn't enable you to gain legal and commercial experience/understanding in insurance brokerage/laws.

3. Working at Aramco wouldn't enable you to gain legal and commercial experience/understanding in oil and gas/project development/project finance/laws.

4. Working at Pavilion Capital wouldn't enable you to gain legal and commercial experience/understanding in fund formation/structuring/corporate laws.