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 Cheng Han, S.C. LL.M (Cambridge); LL.B (NUS); Senior Counsel; Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore |
| TAN Alan Khee Jin JSD LL.M (Yale), LL.B (NUS) |
| 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 Tze En, Burton LL.M (Harvard), BCL (European & Comparative Law) (Oxford), LL.B (NUS) Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State) |
| ONG Siew Ling, Debbie LL.M (Cambridge), LL.B (NUS), Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore) |
| 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) |
| ROUGHAN Nicole JSD (Yale), LL.M (Yale), BA/LL.B (University of Auckland) |
| 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 Kevin Y L JSD LL.M (Yale), LL.B (NUS) |
| TAN Ng Chee DPhil (Oxford), LL.B (Hull) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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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