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NOTICE TO INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS AY 2009-2010, SEMESTER 1

  1. Arrival in Singapore

    Students are advised to arrive in Singapore between the last week of July 2009 and the 1st week of August 2010 to ensure that you have sufficient time to settle down

    Registration information at NUS after you arrive in Singapore is available at: http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/ng.html#general (click on Registration Guide on the left menu). The orientation talk at NUS conducted by the Office of Student Affairs will take place as follows:

    Date:   Thursday, 30 July 2009
    Time:   1000hrs
    Venue:   LT 7A Faculty of Engineering (Kent Ridge Campus, NUS)

    The Faculty of Law will also conduct its own registration & briefing for all incoming exchange students. We strongly advise you to attend this as you can expect information on course selection, administrative matters (collection of mailbox keys, personal time-table etc) and expectations as an exchange student. This briefing & registration, which will be followed by a tea reception, is schedule for:

    Date:   Friday, 7 August 2009
    Time:   1500hrs – 1700hrs
    Venue:   Moot Court (Faculty of Law, NUS - Bukit Timah Campus)

    If you are unable to attend, please send us an email at lawsep@nus.edu.sg to inform us. This will help us follow up and provide you with the relevant information for late registration.

  2. Course Selection

    Online Application - Preliminary List of Subjects

    At the point of online application to NUS under the Non-graduating Students Application, you would have completed a course selection form that required you to list the subjects you wish to read at NUS. This list of subjects was based on the course descriptions for elective subjects that were available in Semester 2, AY 2008-2009. The Admission Offer Letter of offer from the Registrar’s Office in your offer package should reflect the modules you originally selected.

    Please note that the list of available subjects is indicative only and is for the purpose of application to NUS as a non-graduating student. The list of subjects will not be applicable for the purpose of confirming the actual courses you will study in Semester 1, AY 2009-2010.

    Subject Registration 2009-2010

    Following on from the preceding paragraph, you will have to participate in a separate subject registration exercise which takes place from 1 July 2009 (Wednesday, 0900hrs) – 6 July 2009 (Monday, 1200hrs). The reason for this separate registration exercise is that new courses may have been added and occasionally some courses may have been cancelled.

    All students, including NUS and exchange students, will be registering at the same time based on the updated list of courses available in June 2009. The Law Exchange Team will be in contact with you to provide you with details on how to participate.

    All non-graduating students are generally expected to choose from the same elective subjects that are available to NUS Third and Final year LLB students.

    The NUS Faculty of Law offers a wide range of elective subjects. Non-graduating students are advised to read elective subjects that are not available in your home university, especially subjects that will provide an Asian or Singapore perspective on legal issues. The following are popular categories of subjects:

    • advanced subjects in Public and Private International Law, especially those with a Singapore or Regional perspective;
    • advanced subjects in IP & Technology Law;
    • small-group seminars with 100% continuous assessment

    Non-graduating students from law schools in non-common law countries would, however, usually not have studied basic common law subjects such as the Law of Contract, the Law of Torts, Principles of Property Law, and Equity & Trusts, and you may not be familiar with common law methods of reasoning and analysis. You may thus be at a severe disadvantage if you choose to read advanced elective subjects that require a background in the common law. Such subjects have a very heavy reading list of cases, and experience has shown that students from non-common law jurisdictions who opt for such subjects suffer a huge disadvantage.

    Consequently, non-graduating students from non-common law jurisdictions are generally precluded from the following subjects:

    • Principles of Conflict of Laws
    • Personal Property Law
    • Principles of Restitution
    • International Commercial Litigation

    Non-graduating students have in some cases had difficulties when they choose advanced technical subjects in the corporate and commercial areas because they lack the requisite background for such subjects.

    Some elective subjects also have specific prerequisites. For example, several advanced subjects in the corporate and financial services area are only available to students who have done Company Law or an equivalent course in Corporations Law in a common law jurisdiction.

    You are therefore advised to ensure that you have the necessary prerequisites before applying for such subjects.

    Subjects in Other Faculties (Non-Law Modules)

    Non-graduating students may also, with the approval of your home university, take subjects in other Faculties at NUS, if your timetable permits and if spaces in those subjects are available.

    You are required to register directly with the relevant NUS Faculty to take these subjects and inform the Faculty of Law for our records. Please download the CAP (Changes to Academic/Personal Particulars) Form from: https://share.nus.edu.sg/registrar/info/ng/NGSCapformms.pdf

    If you choose to do non-law modules, you are also to note that you are responsible for, and will have to abide by the add /drop timelines of NUS.

    Number of Subjects and Credits

    Most exchange agreements state that it is the home institution which decides how many subjects or credits their students must read at NUS. In some instances, home institutions reserve the discretion to approve the list of subjects taken by their students at NUS.

    Thus, in determining the number of subjects to list, non-graduating students must seek advice and permission from their home university on the list of subjects as well as the minimum or maximum number of credits they are required to read while on exchange at NUS.

    An NUS law student typically takes 20 credits per semester, which is the maximum allowable load. The minimum credits required for the purpose of obtaining a Student’s Pass to do an exchange at NUS is 12 credits. Exchange students at NUS thus normally take 12 to 16 credits of subjects per semester. Students who have never studied law in English or who come from civil law jurisdictions are advised to take 12 credits if their home university permits it.

    Please select law electives with module codes of Level 4000 ie. LL 4XXX.

    Course Descriptions / Class Timetable / Examination Timetable

    The Course Descriptions for all elective subjects offered in Semester 1 of AY 2009-2010, as well as the Class Timetable and Examination Timetable is available on the Faculty of Law’s website at: http://law.nus.edu.sg/current/LLB/curriculum_courses.htm. [Link will be updated in June 2009]

    Before you select your courses in the subject registration exercise, non-graduating students are advised to read the general policies on elective subjects, which are set out on the website under "General Information on Elective Subjects" at http://law.nus.edu.sg/current/LLB/subjectreg.htm. [Link will be updated in June 2009]

    Course Selection Consultation Session

    You will be scheduled to meet with the Vice Dean and Assistant Dean overseeing the Faculty of Law’s exchange programme on your course selection on 12 August 2009. The details of your session will be sent to you by email.

    Subjects Unavailable to Non-Graduating Students

    Elective Subjects

    Non-graduating students are precluded from reading the following:

    • International Legal Process
    • Negotiation
    • Mediation

    LLB Core Compulsory Subjects

    Non-graduating students are generally not permitted to read the compulsory law subjects that NUS students read during their first two years of law studies. Exceptions may be granted only if you have sufficient reason for doing so and have obtained the prior approval of your home university as well as the permission from either the Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) or the Vice Dean (International Programmes) to do so.

    Non-graduating students are strictly not permitted to read the following:

    • Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II (LAWR)
    • Introduction to Trial Advocacy
    • Legal Case Studies
    • Singapore Legal System
    • Comparative Legal Traditions
    • Introduction to Legal Theory

    Post-Graduate Compulsory Subjects

    Two post-graduate subjects that are designed specifically to meet the needs of foreign LLM students from non-common law countries are also unavailable for selection by non-graduating students. These subjects are:

    • Common Law Reasoning & Writing
    • Common Law Legal System of Singapore
  3. Group Medical Insurance Scheme (GMIS)

    All full-time students (including Non-Graduating Students) must be covered under the compulsory Group Medical Insurance Scheme. The Scheme comprises of 3 components:

    • Personal Accident Insurance Coverage
    • Hospitalisation, Surgical & Mental Health Insurance Scheme
    • Outpatient Specialist Care

    Details of the coverage as well as information on claims procedures are provided at http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/ng-internationalinfo.html#healthInsurance

  4. Important Web Sites

    You are advised to check the following web links on a regular basis to obtain the latest information:

    Faculty of Law
    http://law.nus.edu.sg

    Registrar’s Office
    http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/ng.html#general

    Office of Student Affairs
    http://www.nus.edu.sg/osa/international/index.html

    Non-graduating International Student Guide
    http://www.nus.edu.sg/osa/international/svcs/guides.html

 
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