Institutes & Centres
Highlights
Our alumna, Rena Lee ’92 LLM ’98, helped broker the historic High Seas Treaty after more than 15 years of talks, making a profound difference on the world stage and cementing her status as one of Time magazine’s top 100 Most Influential People in 2024.
The NUS Open House was held on 9 March 2024 at both Kent Ridge and Bukit Timah campuses, with Bukit Timah campus (BTC) receiving approximately 770 visitors, many curious to see what choosing NUS Law would mean for them.
The National University of Singapore has welcomed three new members to its Board of Trustees on 1 April 2024. Among them is our distinguished alumna, Justice Judith Prakash. Appointed by the Minister for Education, the Board has 20 members and is made up of eminent leaders from the public sector, academia, business and various professions.
Congratulations to Professor Loy Wee Loon ’87, Associate Professor Jolene Lin Grad.Dip.Sing.Law ’05, Associate Professor Umakanth Varottil PhD ’10, Assistant Professor Benny Tan ’12, Assistant Professor Tan Hsien-Li PhD ’09 and Sheridan Fellow Ms Hillary Chua, on being awarded the faculty-level Annual Teaching Excellence Award for 2023!
How different is pro bono work in Thailand compared to Singapore and how do laws in both countries impact such work? These were the questions that NUS Law undergraduates from the NUS Pro Bono Group (PBG) sought to answer on a five-day trip to Bangkok in January as part of the group’s annual pro bono exchange project.
NUS Law Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart joined NUS Law full-time last September after many years of holding a fractional appointment, and is teaching contract law, conducting critical research in Asian contract law and spearheading initiatives for the capacity-building and mentoring of budding law academics in the region.
NUS Law is delighted to welcome the following Visiting Faculty for AY 2023/2024 Phase 1 of Semester 2: Professor Franco Ferrari, Professor Ozlem Gurses, Lionel A. Sheridan Visiting Professor Jaemin Lee, Professor Ying Khai Liew, Dr Kim Min Kyung, Professor Jeremy K. Sharpe and Professor Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaca.
NUS Law receives S$2 million gift to establish the Michael and Laura Hwang Professorship in International Arbitration, with the Professorship celebrating Dr Hwang’s expertise in the field of International Arbitration, as well as his 80th birthday. Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, a leading academic in international arbitration, has been appointed Chair of the Michael and Laura Hwang Professorship in International Arbitration.
At the prestigious NUS Alumni Awards 2023, the National University of Singapore (NUS) honoured the achievements of 21 outstanding alumni, and three alumni teams comprising another 14 alumni. NUS Law alumni who received honours comprised Madam Halimah Yacob, former President of the Republic of Singapore; Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore; and Samson Leo, the Chief Legal Officer of Fazz.
