WONG 
Siew Yin, Eleanor

 
Associate Provost (Special Projects)

Associate Professor (Professional Practice)

Director, Legal Skills Programme

Co-Director (Centre for Pro Bono & Clinical Legal Education)

A graduate of the NUS Faculty of Law, Eleanor Wong joined NUS in 2002 to launch its Legal Skills Programme as Director. At the Law Faculty, she also currently serves as a member of the Leadership Team, Co-Director of the Centre for Pro Bono and Clinical Legal Education and Co-ordinator of the International Moot Programme.

She is also NUS Assoc Provost (Special Projects), Vice Dean, Residential Programmes and Enrichment at NUS College, and Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

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Contact

(65) 6516-3587
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Education

LLM (New York University); LLB (NUS); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Attorney & Counsellor (New York State)

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses

International Legal Process

A graduate of the NUS Faculty of Law, Eleanor Wong joined NUS in 2002 to launch its Legal Skills Programme as Director. At the Law Faculty, she also currently serves as a member of the Leadership Team, Co-Director of the Centre for Pro Bono and Clinical Legal Education and Co-ordinator of the International Moot Programme.

She is also NUS Assoc Provost (Special Projects), Vice Dean, Residential Programmes and Enrichment at NUS College, and Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

Eleanor started her career with the Commercial Affairs Department, prosecuting complex commercial and securities frauds. She obtained a masters in corporate law from New York University in 1990. Eleanor thereafter joined international law firm Coudert Brothers, working in their New York and Singapore offices. She specialized in international banking and finance work for Coudert and, later, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. In 2000, she joined leading local media company The Right Angle. There, she provided communications consultancy and training for top executives. Eleanor continues her links to industry as a Consultant with Helmsman LLC.

In addition to her legal publications, Eleanor is a playwright and poet, whose works have been produced in Singapore and ASEAN.

Books
Benny Tan and Eleanor Wong, Creative Licence: The Regulation of Media in Singapore (Academy Publishing 2021)

Book Chapters
Simon Chesterman, Leslie Chew, Goh Yihan and Eleanor Wong, 'Legal Education' in Simon Chesterman, Goh Yihan and Andrew Phang Boon Leong (eds), Law and Technology in Singapore (Academy Publishing 2021) 219

  • Legal Education
  • Legal History
  • Legal Skills
  • Legislation and Statutory Interpretation
  • Trial Advocacy