NUS - State Courts Judicial Clerkship Programme (offered only in Semester One)
Course Codes: LL4094BV/ LLJ5094BV

The State Courts Clerkship Programme is a judicial clinical legal education programme designed to provide law students with the opportunity to be attached to Senior District Court Judges and acquire experiential knowledge of law practice through direct exposure to judicial work. The Clerkship Programme is focused on the work undertaken in the Criminal Courts cluster, while exposing students to the work undertaken in the Civil Courts cluster and the Community Courts and Tribunals cluster. It is a unique course which allows law students to acquire a different perspective of legal work through personalised interaction with senior Judges, working on actual cases from a judicial perspective and experiencing legal practice in a real-life court setting.

The Pro Bono Family Law Litigation Clinic
Course Codes: LL4094V / LL5094V / LLJ5094V

Legal aid aims to ensure that all members of society have access to justice, regardless of their financial means. This clinic provides students with a unique experiential learning opportunity. Students will assist an experienced legal practitioner with a Legal Aid Bureau case. Cases will relate to family law matters, and may cover issues relating to divorce, child maintenance, estate division and mental capacity. Under guided mentorship, students will experience a meaningful learning journey that will allow them to gain professional practice skills, and substantive knowledge in the area of family law, and refine their research, analysis, and drafting skills.

The Access to Justice Low Bono Litigation Clinic 
Course Codes: LL4094CV / LL5094CV / LLJ509CV

Access to justice is a fundamental tenet of the rule of law. Many individuals of low means may not qualify for legal aid. Low bono seeks to fill this lacuna. This legal clinic provides students with the experiential learning opportunity of assisting lawyers with pro bono or low bono cases, which predominantly relate to matrimonial matters involving foreign spouses and cross-border matrimonial issues, deputyship and estate matters, and Syariah divorce matters.

The Pro Bono Criminal Law Litigation Clinic
Course Codes: LL4094DV / LL5094DV / LLJ509DV

This clinic will provide students with the opportunity to be heavily involved in assisting a seasoned practitioner with the handling of a Criminal Legal Aid Scheme case. Under close mentorship, students will embark upon a hands-on learning journey that will allow them to gain valuable professional practice skills, and deepen their substantive criminal law knowledge. Students will be involved in tasks such as attending client interviews, drafting pleadings and possibly attending court hearings.

The Capital Offences Criminal Litigation Clinic
Course Codes: LL4094EV / LL5094EV / LLJ509EV

This clinic will provide students with the eye-opening experience of assisting a seasoned practitioner with the handling of a case under the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences. Under guided mentorship, clinical students will experience a learning journey that will allow them to gain valuable professional practice skills, and increase their substantive criminal law knowledge. Students may be involved in tasks such as attending client meetings, drafting pleadings and attending court hearings. Students will be able to help accused individuals when they need it most. The experience may cause students to question their own views on justice, and life!

The Corporate Law Clinic 
Course Codes: LL4094AV/LL5094AV/LLJ5094AV

This clinic provides students with the opportunity to handle a corporate matter, for a partner organisation, under guided mentorship. Partner organisations presently include the National Gallery Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, The Arts House, Alzheimer's Disease Association, Singapore Hospice Council and Singapore Children’s Society. Students will experience a meaningful learning journey, will gain valuable corporate practice skills, and increase their substantive knowledge in the areas of law that are relevant to the matters they are handling. Matters could cover areas such as personal data protection, contract formation and intellectual property issues.

The Evolving Legal Landscape Clinic 
Course Codes: LL4094FV/LL5094FV/LLJ5094FV

Clinical students will predominantly be required to develop a keen understanding of how the respective partner organisations (such as charities and social enterprises) run and assist partner organisations investigate the evolving legal and regulatory landscapes in which they operate, and where applicable, to consider best practices in other jurisdictions. Aside from this research element, clinical students will support the partner organisations on matters of a non-contentious / advisory nature (this could for example include any combination of drafting work, workshops and presentations and corporate secretarial work).