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Celebrating 50 Years of Legal Education in Singapore |
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Calendar of
Events More events and details for each will be updated progressively. Some events are subject to confirmation.
October 2006
23rd:
Seminar by Prof Stanley Yeo '76, Southern Cross University, on Teaching
and Learning Differences between Singaporean and Australian Law Students November 2006
December 2006
January 2007 2nd: Reunion Dinner for Classes of 1970 to 1979
2nd:
Public Lecture by Kevin Tan '86
on the Grand Dame of Singapore Education: A Brief History of Bukit Timah
Campus
2nd: Reunion Dinner for Classes of 1980 to 1989 2nd: Seminar on Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship 9th: Inaugural Professorial Lecture by M Sornarajah: The Globalisation of Singapore Law 10th & 11th: Law Open House 12th: Launch of NUS-WTO Regional Trade Policy Course 30th: Law Fraternity Concert
13th: Reunion Dinner for Classes of 1990 to 1999
July 2007 August 2007 17th: Reunion Dinner for Classes of 2000 to 2006 22nd – 23rd: Singapore Conference on International Business Law 30th – 31th: Symposium on Climate Change and the Environment, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
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In September 1957, 42 full-time students were admitted into the Law Department of the University of Malaya and commenced their legal education in the buildings formerly occupied by Raffles College at Bukit Timah. These were members of the Class of 1961 (their graduating year), and among them were individuals who would later become legal luminaries in Singapore, including Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, Ambassador-at-large Professor Tommy Koh, former NUS Law Dean Dr Thio Su-Mien and Professor Koh Kheng Lian.
In 1959, the Law Department became a full Faculty within the University of Malaya, which then became the University of Singapore and, as it is known today, the National University of Singapore (NUS). Together with the rest of the university, the Faculty of Law relocated to the Kent Ridge campus in May 1979. In 1980, it moved into its own building at Kent Ridge. In July 2006, the Faculty returned to the re-occupy the Bukit Timah campus and is presently housed in the newly-renovated Upper Quadrangle.
The full-circle return of the Law Faculty to Bukit Timah - where it all began 50 years ago - heralds a new and important chapter of legal education in Singapore. The ranks of our full-time academic staff have more than tripled in size, with more than 55 academic lawyers specialising in areas at the frontiers of commercial law, criminal law, international law, environmental law, intellectual property law and legal jurisprudence. The Faculty's undergraduate academic programme is further strengthened by its comprehensive legal writing and skills-based programmes, with invaluable contributions by part-time and adjunct staff members from the legal profession. Students have a choice of over 50 overseas law schools to pick from for student exchange programmes. At the same time, double-degree programmes with the Department of Economics, the Faculty of Business Administration and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy have been introduced to offer our students a wider menu of undergraduate academic pathways. The Faculty's graduate degree programmes have also been strengthened considerably, offering specialised LLM degrees in Corporate and Financial Services Law, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, International and Comparative Law, International Business Law, Maritime Law and Asian Legal Studies. Over the years, a large number of post-graduate law students from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and all across Asia have completed their masters and doctoral degrees at the Faculty. The establishment of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI) at the Faculty in 2003, in collaboration with leading law schools from various Asian jurisdictions, has led to the launch of a new LLM in Asian Legal Studies. In addition, 2007 will see the launch of NYU@NUS - a new dual degree LLM programme jointly administered by the Law Faculty and the New York University Law School. The Faculty’s alumni continue to distinguish themselves in varied fields. In addition to alumni from the pioneering Class of 1961, other distinguished alumni include Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law Professor S. Jayakumar ‘63, Chief Justice of Malaysia Tan Sri Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim ‘67, Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang Boon Leong ‘82, Justice Tan Lee Meng ‘72, Solicitors-General Chan Seng Onn ‘86 and Professor Walter Woon ‘81, ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong ‘79, Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen ‘88, young artist Namiko Chan Takahashi ’97 and many others. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of tertiary legal education in Singapore, the Faculty of Law invites you - our alumni and all members of the legal fraternity - to join us in a series of events we have lined up from October 2006 to September 2007 to mark the occasion. We hope to welcome you to our "new" home at Bukit Timah in the near future. Click here for the detailed history and milestones of the law school.
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