ONG 
Tze En, Burton

 
Associate Professor

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Dr Burton Ong obtained his undergraduate and graduate legal training at NUS and Oxford University, where he was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal and the Vinerian Scholarship, as well as at Harvard Law School. He teaches and researches in the areas of Contract Law, Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law and has a special interest in the legal issues surrounding access to the use of, and benefit-sharing arising from, biological resources. He is interested in interdisciplinary pedagogical approaches to the study of law and received a University award for teaching excellence in 2008.

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Contact

lawongb@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516-6463
ETS-02-36

Education

DPhil, BCL (University of Oxford); LLM (Harvard University); LLB (Hons) (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor at Law (New York State)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Law of Contract

Competition Law and Policy

Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy

Dr Burton Ong obtained his undergraduate and graduate legal training at the National University of Singapore and Oxford University, where he was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal and the Vinerian Scholarship, as well as at Harvard Law School. He teaches and researches in the areas of Contract Law, Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law and has a special interest in the legal issues surrounding access to the use of, and benefit-sharing arising from, biological resources. He is interested in interdisciplinary pedagogical approaches to the study of law and received a University award for teaching excellence in 2008. Since 2012, he has volunteered as a pro bono legal advisor at a community legal clinic in his local neighbourhood. In 2015, he coached a team of his students in an international competition law moot competition – the inaugural Herbert Smith Freehills competition – where they emerged as champions.

  • Competition Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Law of Unfair Competition
  • Contract Law and Theory
  • Legal Regulation of Access to Genetic Resources