Jolene 
LIN

 
Director (Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law)

Associate Professor

Jolene’s main areas of expertise are climate change law and transnational environmental law. Jolene is Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and a member of the advisory board for the University of Strathclyde’s LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy. She is a member of the editorial boards of: Journal of Environmental Law, Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, and Climate Law. Before joining NUS, Jolene was associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong.

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Contact

(65) 6516-3645
TB-08-01P

Education

PhD (Erasmus University Rotterdam); LLM (New York University); LLB (London School of Economics); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses

Law of Torts

Climate Change Law

Jolene’s main areas of expertise are climate change law and transnational environmental law. Jolene is Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and a member of the advisory board for the University of Strathclyde’s LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy. She is a member of the editorial boards of: Journal of Environmental Law, Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, and Climate Law. Before joining NUS, Jolene was associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong. Jolene has served as consultant to the Hong Kong Department of Justice, international NGOs, the United Nations Environment Programme, and global law firms. She has also served on the Hong Kong Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings Ordinance) and the Hong Kong Appeal Board Panel (Town Planning).

Jolene welcomes approaches from potential PhD students, particularly in the areas of transnational environmental law and climate change law.

Edited Books
Jolene Lin and Douglas A. Kysar (eds), Climate Change Litigation in the Asia-Pacific (Cambridge University Press 2020)

Book Chapters
Jolene Lin, 'Cities and Climate Change' in Tommy Koh, Lye Lin-Heng and Shawn Lum (eds), Peace with Nature (World Scientific 2023) 213

Jolene Lin and Eric Bea, 'Singapore and International Environmental Law' in Kevin Tan (ed), Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (General Editor : Lee Seokwoo, Brill 2021)

Journal Articles


  • Environmental Law
  • Transnational Environmental Governance
  • Climate Change