Asia’s Global Law School

Academic Profiles

The NUS Law school's academic staff is internationally recognized as leaders in their fields. Our academics draw on their legal scholarship and professional engagements to deliver challenging and intellectually stimulating courses.

Alphabetically
Dean and Head

CHESTERMAN, Simon
D.Phil. (Oxford); LL.B. (Hons), B.A. (Hons) (Melbourne)


Vice Deans

Academic Affairs
NG-LOY Wee Loon
LL.M (London), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Research
GIRVIN, Stephen D
Ph.D (Aberdeen), LL.M LL.B BA (Natal), Advocate (South Africa)

Student Affairs
LEE Tye Beng, Joel
DCH (AIH), LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Wellington), Solicitor & Barrister (New Zealand), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)


Emeritus Professors

ELLINGER, Peter
DPhil (Oxford), MJur (Israel), Barrister (London), Advocate (Israel), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

KOH Kheng Lian
Ph.D LL.M (Singapore), Diplôme de Hautes Études Internationales (HEI, University of Geneva), LL.B Hons (University of Malaya in Singapore), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)


Professors

AMIRTHALINGAM Kumaralingam
Ph.D LL.B (Hons) (Australian National University)

BRIDGE Michael Greenhalgh
LL.M (London), LL.B (London), Barrister (Middle Temple)

CHEN-WISHART Mindy
MA (Oxford), LL.M (Otago), LL.B (Otago), BA (Hons) (Otago), Barrister and solicitor (New Zealand)

CHESTERMAN, Simon
D.Phil. (Oxford); LL.B. (Hons), B.A. (Hons) (Melbourne)

GIRVIN, Stephen D
Ph.D (Aberdeen), LL.M LL.B BA (Natal), Advocate (South Africa)

GRAY Kevin
Kwa Geok Choo Professor of Property Law
Fellow (British Academy), DCL (University of Oxford), LL.D Ph.D MA BA (University of Cambridge), Barrister (Middle Temple), Member (Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé)

HALPIN, Andrew
DPhil MA (Oxford)

HARDING, Andrew James
Ph.D (Monash), MA (Oxford), LL.M (NUS) Solicitor (England & Wales)

HO Hock Lai
Ph.D (Cambridge), BCL (Oxford), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

HOR Yew Meng, Michael
LL.M (Chicago), BCL (Oxford), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

JAYAKUMAR S
LL.M (Yale), LL.B (Singapore), BBM, Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LEONG Wai Kum
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Malaya), Advocate & Solicitor (Malaya)

NG-LOY Wee Loon
LL.M (London), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

PINSLER, Jeffrey, S.C.
LL.D (Liverpool), LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (Liverpool) Barrister (Middle Temple), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

SIMESTER, A.P.
D.Phil (Oxford), B.Com., LL.B (Auckland)

SORNARAJAH M
CJ Koh Professor
LL.D Ph.D LL.M (London), LL.M (Yale), LL.B (Ceylon), Advocate (Ceylon), Solicitor (England & Wales), Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)

TAN Alan Khee Jin
JSD LL.M (Yale), LL.B (NUS)

TAN Cheng Han, S.C.
LL.M (Cambridge); LL.B (NUS); Senior Counsel; Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore

TAN Yock Lin
Geoffrey Bartholomew Professor
BSc (London), BA BCL Dip Econ Devt (Oxford)

TEO Keang Sood
LL.M (Harvard), LL.M LL.B (Malaya), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore & Malaya)

THIO Li-ann
Ph.D (Cambridge), LL.M (Harvard), BA (Oxford), Barrister (Gray's Inn)

TJIO Hans
LL.M (Harvard), MA (Cambridge), Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), Barrister (Middle Temple)

WEILER Joseph
Ph.D (European University Institute, Florence), LL.M, LL.B (Cambridge), BA (Sussex)

WOON Cheong Ming, Walter, S.C.
David Marshall Professor
LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

YEO Meng Heong, Stanley
LL.D Ph.D LL.M (Sydney), LL.M (Wellington), LL.B (Singapore), Barrister (New South Wales)


Associate Professors

BECKMAN, Robert Charles
LL.M (Harvard), JD BBA (Wisconsin)

BELL, Gary
LL.M (Columbia), LL.B BCL (McGill), BTh (Laval), Advocate (Quebec)

CHAN Wing Cheong
Amaladass Fellow
MA (Oxford), LL.M (Cornell), Barrister (Gray's Inn), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney and Counsellor (New York State)

CHIN Tet Yung
BCL (Oxford), Dip Econ (LSE), LL.B (London) Barrister (Inner Temple)

CROWN, Barry
MLitt (Oxford), LL.M (London), LL.B (Jerusalem), Solicitor (England & Wales)

EWING-CHOW Michael
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS)(1st Class), Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

FORDHAM, Margaret Amanda
BA (Durham), Solicitor (England & Wales, Hong Kong)

KAAN Sheung-Hung, Terry
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LAN Luh Luh
Ph.D (NUS), LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LEE Tye Beng, Joel
DCH (AIH), LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Wellington), Solicitor & Barrister (New Zealand), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LOKE Fay Hoong, Alexander
JSD, LL.M (Columbia), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LYE Lin-Heng, Irene
LL.M (Harvard), LL.M (London), LL.B (Singapore), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

NEO Swee Suan, Dora
MA (Oxford), LL.M (Harvard), Barrister (Gray's Inn), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore).

NG Siew Kuan, Elizabeth
LL.M (First Class)(Cambridge), LL.B (Hons)(London), Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple, England); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

ONG Siew Ling, Debbie
LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

ONG Tze En, Burton
LL.M (Harvard), BCL (European & Comparative Law) (Oxford), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State)

PHUA Lye Huat, Stephen
LL.M (Tax) (London), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

POH Chu Chai
LL.D LL.M (London), LL.B (Singapore), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

RAMRAJ, Victor V
Ph.D, LL.B M.A. (Toronto), LL.M. (Dist)(Queen's-Belfast) B.A. (Hons.)(McGill), Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario)

SENG Kiat Boon, Daniel
BCL (Oxford), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

TAN David
Ph.D (Melbourne), LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Hons), B Com (Melbourne)

TAY Seong Chee, Simon
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

WANG Jiangyu
SJD (Pennsylvania), MJur (Oxford), LL.M (Pennsylvania), LL.M (Peking), LL.B (China University of Political Science and Law), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State & China)

YEO Hwee Ying
LL.M (London), LL.B (Singapore)


Associate Professors (Professional Practice)

LEE Yen Kee, Ruby
LL.M ( LSE) , LL.B ( Hons) ( NUS) , Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore

LIM Lei Theng
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS)

WONG Siew Yin, Eleanor
LL.M (New York University), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State)


Associate Professors (Teaching)

WHALEN-BRIDGE, Helena
JD (Connecticut), LL.M (NUS), Attorney at Law (California, Connecticut)


Assistant Professors

BOOYSEN Sandra Annette
Ph.D (NUS), LL.M (NUS), LL.B (Univ of the Witwatersrand), BA (Rhodes University, SA); Attorney and Notary (South Africa), Solicitor (England & Wales)

CHAN, Tracey Evans
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

CHEAH Wui Ling
LL.M (Harvard), LL.M LL.B (NUS)

CHEN Weitseng
J.S.D, LL.M (Yale Law School), LL.M, LL.B (National Taiwan University), Attorney (New York State; Taiwan)

CHUA Lynette J.
Ph.D (UC Berkeley), M.A (UC Berkeley), LL.B (NUS), B.Sc (Ohio)

DOWDLE Michael
JD (NYU), MPhil. (Columbia), M.M. (Johns Hopkins), B.M. (Kansas)

GOH Yihan
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Hons) (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

HO Qing Ying, Jean
LL.M (Panthéon-Sorbonne), LL.M (NYU), LL.B. (NUS), Attorney & Counselor-at-Law (New York), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

JAMAL Arif A
Ph.D (University College London), LL.M (SOAS), LL.B (Toronto), B.A (McGill), Barrister & Solicitor (British Columbia)

JHAVERI Swati
BA, BCL (Oxon), Solicitor of Hong Kong SAR and England & Wales

LOI Kelry
LL.M (London); LL.B. (Hons.) (NUS)

MCBRIDE Mark
Ph.D (Cambridge), BCL (Oxford), MA (Cambridge)

NEO Ling Chien, Jaclyn
LL.M (Yale), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

PUCHNIAK Dan W.
LL.D & LL.M (Kyushu), LL.B (Victoria), BA (Manitoba), Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario)

SOOSAY Sundram
Ph.D LL.M (Edinburgh), LL.B (Strathclyde)

THIRUVENGADAM, Arun Kumar
JSD, LL.M (New York University School of Law), LL.M, B.A., LL.B (Hons.) (National Law School, Bangalore)

VAROTTIL, Umakanth
Ph.D (Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore),
LL.M (New York University School of Law),
LL.B (Hons.) (National Law School of India University, Bangalore)


WEE Meng Seng
D Phil, BCL (Oxon) LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)


Associate Professorial Fellows

HO Peng Kee
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Singapore) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

WINSLOW V S
MA, LL.B (Cambridge), Barrister (Middle Temple), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)


Post-Doctoral Fellows

CROUCH Melissa
PhD (University of Melbourne), LLB (Hons) (University of Melbourne), BA (University of Melbourne)

SELLARS Kirsten Eve
PhD (Law, Aberdeen), BA (Film & TV, LCP)


Professors on Long-Term Secondment

KOH Thong Bee, Tommy
LL.D (Yale, Honoris Causa), LL.D (Monash, Honoris Causa),LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (Malaya), Dip Crim (Cambridge), PJG,BBM, DUBC, Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)


Adjunct Professors

BOO Geok Seng, Lawrence
LL.M, LL.B (NUS), FCIArb, FSIArb, FAMINZ, Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Solicitor (England & Wales)

GREGSON, Neale Richard
LL.M (London), LL.B (Wales) Solicitor (England & Wales)

LIANG Yu Yee, Margaret
BSc (NUS), Consultant (MFA)

TAN Ng Chee
DPhil (Oxford), LL.B (Hull)

TAN Kevin Y L
JSD LL.M (Yale), LL.B (NUS)


Adjunct Associate Professors

APOSTOLOU Evangelos
Solicitor (Supreme Court of England & Wales), Attorney (Bar of the Republic Cyprus), Barrister (Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn), Vice President and Chief Counsel for Asia (BT Plc)

CHUAH Chee Kian, Christopher
Diploma in Surveying (Project Management) with Distinction , College of Estate Management, Reading(26 February 2001) Bachelor of Laws with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) (1 August 1983) ( London School of Economics)

CHUN Joseph
Ph.D (UCL), LL.B (NUS), Solicitor (England & Wales), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

KWEK Choon Lin, Winston
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LAI Tze Chang, Stanley
LL.B (Hons) LL.M (Cantab) Ph.D (Cantab), Barrister at Law (Lincoln's Inn), Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore

LEE Kiat Seng
LL.M (London), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LEE Ching Ling, Yvonne
LL.M (Michigan), LL.B (NUS), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LEONG Chan Foo, James
B.Acc (Hons),
Fellow Certified Public Accountant Singapore,
Chartered Accountant (Australia & Malaysia)


RICQUIER William J M
LL.M (Dalhousie), MA (Oxford), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Solicitor (England & Wales)

SIM Edmund Walter Kwantze
JD (Michigan), AB (Dartmouth)

TAN Chong Huat
LL.B (NUS), LL.M (London), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), FSIArb (Singapore), FCIArb (UK), FSID, Solicitor (England & Wales), Solicitor, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia

THEAN Pik Yuen, Valerie
LL.M (Harvard), M.A, B.A (Cambridge)


Adjunct Assistant Professors

ADEYEYE Adefolake Oyewande
Ph.D (NUS), LL.M (University of Cambridge), LL.B (University of Buckingham)

DAVINIA Aziz
LL.M (International Legal Studies) (NYU), BCL (Oxon), LL.B (Hons) (NUS)

DE VAZ Ian
LL.M, LL.B (Hons], MCIArb, MSIArb

LEE Peng Khoon, Edwin
LL.B (NUS), M.Sc (Real Estate Development), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

LONG Hsueh Ching
LL.B (Hons) (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

NANDAKUMAR Ponniya
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Solicitor (England & Wales, UK), Attorney-at-law (New York, USA)

SANDERS Robert Brett
BA (Macquarie University), LL.B(Hons) (Macquarie University), LL.M (University of Melbourne), Ph.D in Law (NUS), Barrister and Solicitor (NSW)


Legal Skills Programme

Director
WONG Siew Yin, Eleanor
LL.M (New York University), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State)

Deputy Director
JEYAPATHY Sonita
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Deputy Director
LIM Lei Theng
LL.M (Harvard), LL.B (NUS)

Instructor
CHEN Show-Yen, Shawn
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Instructor
CHIA Yijuan, Germaine


Instructor
KAUR Vimaljit
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Instructor
LEE Ee Yang, Emmanuel


Instructor
OR Ranald
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Instructor
SIM Khadijah Mohd.
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Instructor
SMITH Christine
JD, Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York USA

Instructor
SRIHARAN Lalitha


Instructor
THARMANASON Shantini
LL.M (NUS), LL.B (Nottingham)

Instructor
WEATHERILL Michele Gai
BA / LL.B (Sydney), Legal Practitioner (New South Wales)

Instructor
YAP Gek Meng, Angeline
LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)



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