Press Releases

Year 2012

26 Sep	Scholarships and Juris Doctor Prize in Honour of Republic of Singapore’s first Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin
12 Jul	NUS is 1st University in APAC to host Biennial Conference on International Economic Law
4 Jul	NUS Law in the World’s Top Ten Schools
11 Jun	Singapore to Host World-Class International Arbitration Academy
8 Feb	NUS Law establishes new Centre for Asian Legal Studies

 

Year 2011

30 Dec	NUS Law School’s collaboration with Tsinghua University
1 Nov	Professor Simon Chesterman to be new Dean of NUS Law School
5 Sep	NUS Announces First Chair of the Kwa Geok Choo Professorship in Property Law
6 Jul	NUS and SMU to pay tribute to the late Mdm Kwa Geok Choo
22 Jan	NUS Faculty of Law Establishes Lionel A. Sheridan Professorship in Honour of Founding Dean

 

Year 2010

6 Oct	New NUS course to allow law students to work on real cases
5 Feb	NUS Receives S$1 million Gift for Scholarships, Bursaries and Loans for Law Students
21 Jan	Professor Tan Cheng Han to serve a fourth term as Dean of NUS Faculty of Law

 

Year 2009

30 Nov	NUS launches the Lo Hwei Yen memorial scholarship
6 Jul	Asian Law Deans Meet For Inaugural Forum

 

Year 2008

20 May	Global legal experts to meet in Singapore
21 Apr	New Board Member for Faculty of Law Advisory Board
24 Mar	Nurturing Singapore’s New Generation of Global Lawyers
3 Mar	NUS Hosts Second Year of Prestigious Regional Trade Policy Course

 

Year 2007

5 Nov	NUS and NYU launch dual law degree programme
17 May	NYU@NUS: Official launch of new ground-breaking Law programme for globally-minded students
12 Apr	NUS honorary doctorate for Sultan Iskandar Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail
12 Mar	NUS and NYU partnership offers unprecedented Bachelors and Masters law degrees in 4 years
26 Feb	NUS Faculty of Law to Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Top Arbitration Institutes on Fellowship and Membership Qualifications
22 Feb	NUS Faculty of Law Appoints New Advisory Board

 

Year 2006

2 Oct	NUS To Launch Concurrent Degree In Law And Public Policy
15 Aug	NUS Law Faculty to host and co-teach prestigious World Trade Organisation Regional Trade Policy Course
12 Apr	NUS Creates Waves at International IP Mooting Competition
15 Feb	NYU@NUS: A Ground-Breaking Law Programme For The Globally-Minded

 

Year 2005

22 Mar	NUS to offer double honours degree in Business Administration and Law
02 Mar	Experts from around the globe to meet with Asian government officials on taxation of tobacco, alcohol and petroleum products
27 Jan	NUS confers Honorary Doctor Of Laws on Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam

 

Year 2004

07 Jul	National University Of Singapore Commencement 2004 - presenting the first batch of graduates for 10 new degrees including Master of Laws (Corporate & Financial Services Law), Master of Laws (International & Comparative Law), and Master of Laws (Intellectual Property & Technology Law)
25 May	NUS To Host Top legal Scholars On Asian Legal Issues
20 May	NUS Law Faculty partners Chinese University to offer Masters Degree in Shanghai
13 Apr	NUS Law School Teams Win Awards In International Mooting Competitions
01 Feb	NUS to offer double honours degree in Economics and Law

 

Year 2003

28 Nov	Law Faculty and Chinese Universities to offer new Master's degree in Chinese Law
21 Mar	NUS Law Faculty collaborates with key Asia-Pacific law schools to launch ASLI
04 Mar	NUS Co-Organises Seminars Relating To Consumer Protection For Businesses And Lawyers
05 Feb	NUS law students produce radio programme in innovative service-learning project
06 Jan	NUS Faculty of Law signs deal to run the BAR/BRI New York Bar Review course

 

Year 2002

03 Dec	NUS Law Faculty Launches Three Specialist Masters Programmes
14 Nov	Yong Shook Lin Professorship In Intellectual Property Law
29 Aug	American Fellowship For NUS Law Associate Professor
31 Jul	NUS - Peking University Law Student Exchange Agreement
09 May	NUS Law Graduates - First Asian Law School Graduates Eligible For The Two-Year Juris Doctor Degree At George Washington University Law School
22 Apr	NUS Faculty of Law Signs Agreement with East China University of Politics and Law
04 Mar	Legal Writing Programme
28 Feb	Chief Justice Of Malaysia To Deliver The 15th Singapore Law Review Lecture
18 Jan	Teaching Law in Vietnam with Columbia & Harvard Law Schools

 

Year 2001

11 Oct	NUS Law Students Continue Winning Streak
07 Sep	NUS Law Students Win Fourth International Mooting Competition in 2001
26 Jul	NUS Law Faculty Grad Scores Another First
11 Jul	NUS Law Students Win Third International Mooting Competition in 2001