Countless students have walked through NUS Law and, in their undergraduate years, engaged in fun student activities, endured crazy mugging sessions and forged solid friendships to last a lifetime. Amid these relationships, some have found love and embarked on life's journey together. Here, they reminisce how the Bukit Timah campus brought them together, and describe how the campus played a significant role in their lives.

Associate Professor Simon Tay is the recipient of the prestigious President’s Award for the Environment, in recognition of his exemplary and sustained contributions, demonstrated through his leadership in driving Singapore's sustainable development and our green transition. As the Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and founding Chairman of the National Environment Agency, his dedication to addressing the transboundary haze pollution and instrumental role in building regional collaborations have created significant impact at national and international levels.

For Darrell Lee '17 and Emma Gan '17, a growing friendship developed after they met on the very first day of school—with Darrell earning Emma’s admiration for holding his ground under Professor Eleanor Wong’s steely gaze. In turn, her infectious cheeriness drew his attention—"being around her felt like being close to the Sun!”. From that first meeting, Darrell and Emma would go on to become LAWR moot partners and, united by a shared enthusiasm for campus activities and an equal dedication to their studies, the pair surmounted challenges as a team and, today, they remain the first port of call for each other.

Most daughters share a special bond with their father. But for Elaine Low ’14, this bond extends beyond the family to her professional life as well. Like her father, veteran lawyer Peter Cuthbert Low ’77, Elaine walked the halls of NUS Law at the Bukit Timah campus before joining him at Peter Low Chambers LLC, the law firm that Peter set up. Bound not only by family ties, but also by a shared calling to the law, Peter and Elaine reflect on how their lives and the law are intertwined.

The lifeblood of NUS Law is the energy and enthusiasm of its students, both past and present, with alumni—in the form of donors and even parents—turning up at the 2025 Dean’s List and Awards Ceremony to share in the joy of the celebratory event. Dean Andrew Simester commended the award winners for their academic excellence, while advising the students to remember that the quality of their university degree depends on what they do with it. At the annual ceremony which took place on the Bukit Timah campus this year for the final time, 167 students were recognised, with 68 awards given out. Congratulations to all!

Professor David Collins delivered a lecture titled “The Securitization of International Economic Law: Building Resilience or Exploiting Chaos?” at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court on the Bukit Timah campus. Against a backdrop of geopolitical turmoil which has augmented the role that national security plays in international economic law, he explored some of the key manifestations of the security-backed rejection of international economic legal principles centred on open markets and private property, and considered some of the emerging legal issues arising in the administration and enforcement of economic integration treaties by international arbitration tribunals.

While climate change litigation in developed countries of the Global North is a well-studied phenomenon, few studies focus on climate case law emerging elsewhere. With Litigating Climate Change in the Global South, Associate Professor Jolene Lin Grad. Dip. Sing. Law ’05 sheds light on emerging and accelerating climate litigation in developing countries across the three regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America. This groundbreaking monograph co-authored with Professor Jacqueline Peel from Melbourne Law School—and published only last year—has won double distinctions.

Competing against students from 11 prestigious universities, Kamal Ashraf Bin Kamil Jumat '26 emerged victorious at the World Universities Public Speaking Invitational Championship 2025 hosted by the University of Macau. In the impromptu segment of the competition, Kamal impressed the judges with a speech composed in just 10 seconds, where he used the philosophical metaphor of tabula rasa to frame anecdotes of how his multicultural friendships have shaped him.

On 2 Sept 2025, Professor Damian Chalmers delivered a lecture titled “Globalisation, The Law, and ‘Making Markets Better’ in the Global South” at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court on the Bukit Timah campus. The Geoffrey Bartholomew Professorship was established in honour of the late Professor Geoffrey Wilson Bartholomew, who was a distinguished teacher of law and served as Dean from 1966 to 1968. His pioneering research is integral to the foundational legal literature and history of both nations, significantly contributing to the development of their indigenous legal systems.

We warmly congratulate these NUS Law graduates who are serving in Singapore’s 15th Parliament, joining a list of distinguished alumni who have taken public office in Singapore. The first session of the 15th Parliament takes place today, on 5 September 2025.

On 19 August 2025, Professor Eva Micheler delivered a lecture titled “Institutional Theory for Corporate Law” at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court on the Bukit Timah campus. The Jernal Singh Khosa Professorship was established in memory of Mr Jernal Singh Khosa (1932-1988) by his wife, Mrs Sarjit Singh Khosa, and celebrates his love for the law and his strong sense of justice.

We congratulate our alumnus, Yang Arif Tuan Ong Chee Kwan ’88 LLM ’92, on his elevation to Judge of the Court of Appeal in Malaysia on 28 July 2025. Prior to this, YA Tuan Ong was appointed to the position of High Court Judge in April 2022. With over 30 years of experience in commercial and shipping litigation practice, YA Tuan Ong’s law career started after he graduated from NUS Law with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 1988. He worked at Drew & Napier in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and obtained his masters in 1992, before returning to Malaysia.