NUS invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of NUS Law School

The National University of Singapore (NUS) invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of NUS Law School. The incumbent Dean, Professor Tan Cheng Han, will be stepping down on 31 May 2010, after having served with distinction for three terms.

NUS is a leading global university in Asia and a comprehensive university which is internationally recognized for its research and teaching excellence. NUS Law School is one of the leading law schools in the Commonwealth.

ABOUT NUS LAW SCHOOL:
Located in Singapore, which for almost 200 years has been a major international commercial hub and a cosmopolitan city, NUS Law School is the premier law school in Singapore and also widely regarded as Asia’s foremost centre for legal research. NUS Law School has an international research active faculty of approximately 60 people and 1200 undergraduate and postgraduate students. NUS Law School’s faculty is a scholarly community dedicated to the constant search for better legal solutions to the issues that confront all societies. The faculty is committed to research and regularly publishes books and monographs and articles in leading journals in Singapore and abroad.

Apart from the LLB degree, NUS offers a number of degrees which include the following degrees: law and business, law and economics, law and life sciences and law and public policy, the LLM and the PhD. Since 2006, NUS Law School has been situated in the historic Bukit Timah campus.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The new Dean is required to provide intellectual leadership to the Law School to foster and enhance NUS Law School’s vibrant national and international reputation for research and teaching excellence. He or she will be expected to bring the Law School to greater heights and to raise the profile of the Law School nationally and globally. The Dean is also tasked to manage all aspects of the Law School’s administration which includes academic affairs, financial management, operations and planning, fundraising, alumni outreach, student and faculty recruitment and institutional building.

JOB QUALIFICATION
NUS Law School seeks a candidate with a strong reputation as a scholar, an intellectual leader and an outstanding track record of imaginative, strategic and visionary leadership. Although the expectation is that the candidate is a full professor with tenure at a distinguished law school, the Dean Search Committee is prepared to consider exceptional candidates who may not be of professorial rank. Candidates must have excellent interpersonal skills to work collegially with faculty, staff and alumni and also to earn the support and trust of the various stakeholders in order to bring the Law School to greater heights of research and teaching excellence.

Applications, enquiries or nominations, with detailed curriculum vitae, should be sent by Wednesday, 15 April 2009 to:

Professor LAI Choy Heng
Vice-Provost (Academic Personnel)
Chair, Law Dean Search Committee
National University of Singapore
University Hall, Lee Kong Chian Wing
21 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119077
Email address: pvobox7@nus.edu.sg

For further information about the Faculty of Law and the National University of Singapore, please see http://www.law.nus.edu.sg and http://www.nus.edu.sg.