Auditing Programme
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PROGRAMME TYPE Part-time |
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COURSE DURATION 3 weeks to 1 semester |
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APPLICATION PERIOD 20 June to 21 July 2025 |
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NEXT INTAKE August 2025 |
- Auditing Programme
- Course Catalogue – Semester One
Course Catalogue for Semester One
Please click on the Course Titles below for more details on the selected course.
Super Intensive Course
A super intensive course is an 18-hour course taught from 20 September to 28 September 2025.
| Course Description | The New York Convention of 1958 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards provides for the international enforcement of arbitral awards. Considered as the most successful international convention in international private law, the Convention now has 164 Contracting States and more than 2,500 court decisions interpreting and applying the Convention (as of June 2020). The course will analyze and compare the most important of those decisions. It will offer a unique insight in treaty design, statutory enactments, varying court approaches, and the practice of international arbitration. The course materials will be made available at www.newyorkconvention.org. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Senior Fellow Erica Stein |
| Class Dates | Saturday, 20 September: 9.00am to 1.00pm Monday, 22 September: 9.00am to 2.00pm Tuesday, 23 September: 9.00am to 2.00pm Wednesday, 24 September: 9.00am to 1.00pm |
| Course Duration | 20 September 2025 to 24 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 18 points |
| Course Description | Arbitral institutions are important stakeholders in the field of international arbitration, but the nature and importance of their role have often been overlooked. The course seeks to introduce participants to the role and function of arbitral institutions in guiding and shaping the practice and development of international arbitration, and to the complex issues that arbitral institutions face in the administration of arbitrations, including, among others, the appointment of arbitrators and the issuance of arbitral rules and practice notes. The course will be taught by visiting lecturers from the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and other leading arbitration practitioners. |
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| Class Dates | Thursday, 25 September: 6.00pm to 9.00pm Friday, 26 September: 6.00pm to 9.00pm Saturday, 27 September: 9.00am to 12.00pm & 2.00pm to 5.00pm Sunday, 28 September: 9.00am to 12.00pm & 2.00pm to 5.00pm |
| Course Duration | 25 September 2025 to 28 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 18 points |
Intensive Courses
An intensive course is a 27-hour course typically taught on Mondays (6.30pm to 9.30pm), Wednesdays (6.30pm to 9.30pm) and Fridays (3.00pm to 6.00pm) by Visiting Professors in Week 1 to 3 (11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025) or Week 4 to 6 (1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025).
| Course Description | This course will study and analyze business and investment law in the People's Republic of China (PRC), focusing on selected topics in commercial law generally, the law of corporate and unincorporated entities, securities law, the regulation of banks and non-bank financial institutions, corporate finance and M&A, and the law and regulation governing the PRC domestic capital markets and publicly listed companies accessing capital on both those domestic markets and global exchanges. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Associate Professor Zhou Chun |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | The course examines the law and practice of corporate governance - the system by which companies are managed and controlled. Students will analyse how decision-makers are selected, how power is allocated between them, and how they are held accountable. While the course primarily focuses on legal rules and principles, it incorporates insights from economics, finance, behavioural psychology, and sociology. Taking a jurisdictionally neutral approach, the course explores core governance principles through comparative case studies from UK, European, German, and US law, demonstrating various techniques used to enhance corporate governance across different settings. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor Eva Micheler |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | This course introduces students to electronic evidence, which covers every area of law. Most legal problems presented to lawyers now include an element of electronic evidence. It is incumbent on judges, lawyers and legal academics to be familiar with the topic in the service of justice. Electronic evidence is ubiquitous. Using an array of mobile technologies, people communicate regularly through social networking sites, e-mail and other virtual methods managed by organisations that are transnational. No area of human activity is free from the networked world – this also means no area of law is free from the effects of electronic evidence. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor Stephen Mason |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | This course provides students with perspectives into corporate social responsibility as a governing mechanism. It will examine the theoretical paradigms surrounding the corporate objective, international CSR movements led by organisations such as the OECD and the UN, and explore the legal frameworks in human rights protection from an international and comparative perspective. The course will focus on the role of corporations in respecting human rights and the environment. This course will challenge students into viewing the role and responsibility of the corporation from perspectives beyond the traditional paradigm of shareholder primacy and questioning international law’s governance of corporations. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor Barnali Choudhury |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | The digital economy has expanded significantly in recent years but shifts away from the 20th century approach to globalization, captured by industrial policy and restrictions on trade and investment linked to national security, have altered how economic relations are regulated. Less market-focused, the ‘new Washington Consensus’ is predicated on support for strategic industries to reduce dependencies along with strategic alliance-building. This course will develop skills in understanding the multilateral and regional legal frameworks which underpin the global digital economy and in assessing how they have been adapted to address the challenges of a new technological era. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor David Collins |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | Globally, space-derived products and services combine assets and annual revenues in excess of USD350 billion. The year-on-year growth of the space economy is 9%, three times that of the global economy. This course discusses the international law regulating the use of, and activities in, outer space. It will examine issues such as State responsibility, liability for damage, and environmental protection. It will then debate the law relating to various space sectors such as telecommunications, navigation, military and dual use, resource management, and human spaceflight. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Gérardine Goh Escolar |
| Class Dates | TBC |
| Course Duration | TBC |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | This course aims to give students a firm foundation of existing law; a working understanding of standard form policies; and an understanding of the interaction between the Marine Insurance Act, case law and the Institute Clauses. Topics will include: types of marine insurance policies; insurable interest; principle of utmost good faith; marine insurance policies; warranties; causation; insured and excluded perils; proof of loss; types of losses; general average and particular charges; measure of indemnity and abandonment; mitigation of losses. This course will appeal to students who wish to specialise in either insurance law or maritime law. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor James Davey |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | This course is concerned with providing an overview and understanding of the legal issues arising following incidents which occur on ships (or between ships) when at sea or approaching (or in) port. It is not concerned with Admiralty law, the law relating to ship arrests and procedure, which is the subject of Admiralty Law and Practice, a course offered in the first semester. It is also not concerned with cargo and charterparty claims or marine insurance. These aspects are covered in other courses. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Dr Filip Saranovic |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | Money is an all-pervasive legal concept, and an integral part of public dealings by the state and most private transactions. The course aims to develop a distinctive understanding of the legal institution of money, seen as a subject in itself, from private law and public law perspectives. Although the course may be of interest to those with a background in financial or banking regulation, it deliberately avoids considering the subject of money from those perspectives. It is primarily concerned with the common law of money, as it would apply in Singapore. It does however draw on the comparative perspectives from mixed and civil law jurisdictions, and from legal history. Together these demonstrate the broad functional commonalities that any legal system must develop if is construct a legal notion of money and main purposes its serves in the economy. The course explains the role of law in the creation of money and in the ordering of a monetary system. It explains how law has a role to play in recognising and enforcing concepts of monetary value in private transactions. It considers the distinctive ways that property law applies to money, including the role of property law in controlling the consequences of failed or wrongly-procured payment transactions. The course considers the capacity of private law to respond to the special problems of monetary transactions involving a foreign currency system, and the legal challenges posed by new monetary developments such as cryptocurrencies. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor David Fox |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | This course considers financial aspects of the private law of international trade, namely payment and guarantees. Consider an international sale of goods. A seller who ships goods overseas without being paid in advance runs a number of financial risks, namely: (1) the buyer’s insolvency before payment is made; (2) the buyer’s wrongful refusal to pay for the goods and litigation in a potentially unfamiliar jurisdiction; (3) a justifiable refusal by the buyer to pay for the goods due to a genuine allegation of non-performance by the seller; (4) political risks leading to non-payment of the price. A buyer who pays in advance also runs the risk that the seller may not ship the goods. Introduction of an intermediary, e.g. banks, in whom the parties repose confidence may help eliminate these risks. This course focuses on various legal mechanisms used in international trade to securely effect payment for the goods and services, payment mechanisms such as collections, documentary credits and bank-to-bank reimbursements. Banks can also help secure contractual performance of the parties to the underlying transaction, which is often achieved with the help of such legal mechanisms as on demand guarantees and standby letters of credit (cumulatively known as autonomous guarantees). Autonomous guarantees may be issued by banks in relation to a wide range of underlaying transactions including sale of goods, shipbuilding, etc. This course focuses on the nature of the obligations undertaken by contracting parties, the principles of strict compliance, irrevocability and autonomy, and also considers various exemptions to the principle of autonomy, including the exceptions of fraud and nullity. The course concentrates on the legal rules promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce, such as Uniform Customs & Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600), Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees and others as well as the relevant case law. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Dr Sanam Saidova |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 1 September 2025 to 19 September 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
| Course Description | The course aims at providing participants with sound knowledge and understanding of the mandate and functioning of UN human rights mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council and its Special Procedures, and Treaty Bodies. Reference will also be made to Commissions of Inquiry. Particular attention will be devoted to the analysis of UN legal instruments and standards, and to relevant jurisprudence, concerning the right to life, the prohibition of torture and enforced disappearance. Participants should develop a critical view on the main issues analysed, and be able to effectively engage with UN human rights mechanisms through documentation, reporting, advocacy and litigation. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Professor Gabriella Citroni |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Wednesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm Fridays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 29 August 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 27 points |
Semester-Long Courses
A semester-long course is typically a 36-hour course taught once a week over the course of 13 weeks from August to November 2025.
| Course Description | Advanced Contract Law invites students to examine some interesting and controversial topics from this foundational subject. Some topics will build on what students already know in their first-year/basic contract law course (e.g. how does contract law deal with change of circumstances?), some will cover new ground (e.g. the role of good faith in contract law). You will be able to write a paper on a topic of particular interest to you. The course also complements the course Advanced Tort Law and Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law. Cautionary note for students from Civil Law Jurisdiction: a background knowledge of common law subjects is assumed, including contract, tort, equity, and company law |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course provides an insight into international civil aviation and the legal and regulatory issues facing airlines, governments and the common passenger. Issues raised include public air law and policy, private air law, aviation security, climate change and aviation, and of course, the unprecedented coronavirus crisis that is decimating the airline industry. Emphasis will be placed on issues relevant to Singapore and Asia, given Singapore's status as a major aviation hub and the exponential growth of the industry in the Asia-Pacific. Topics to be discussed include the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, bilateral air services agreements, aircraft safety, terrorism and aviation security, and air carrier liability for death or injury to passengers. Competition or antitrust law issues in the industry will also be analysed, alongside business strategies such as code-sharing, frequent flier schemes and airline alliances. The severe competitive environment introduced by weakening economies, war and terrorism and of course, the COVID-19 pandemic, will also be discussed. This course is relevant for individuals who are keen on air travel and/or interested in joining the aviation industry, governments/civil aviation authorities or law firms with an aviation practice. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Alan Tan |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | Business valuation is a key component of investor and corporate activities and is conducted for many purposes. In recent times, it has gained prominence because of the increase in mergers and acquisitions activities, arbitration and legal proceedings involving damages assessment and shareholder disputes, application of fair value measurements in financial reporting, and the increased emphasis on the role of intangible assets (and intellectual properties) as key value drivers in business. As business valuation is deeply anchored in corporate activities, regulators have increasingly stepped up their presence and involvement in this practice area, particularly on matters relating to professionalism, and compliance with code and standards. In the conduct of business valuation, the International Valuation Standards (IVS) as developed by the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) is being applied by valuers in more than one hundred countries. IVSC is a global valuation standards setter and membership body that works to promote and grow the valuation profession worldwide. The Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS) (under the auspices of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)), that certifies business valuers in Singapore, is a member of the IVSC. Business valuers certified by IVAS are designated as Chartered Valuers and Appraisers (CVA) and will need to comply with the IVS and the code of ethical principles issued by IVSC, when conducting their work in the marketplace.
The subject of business valuation arises frequently in the legal space, particularly in situations relating to insolvency and restructuring, litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. This course is developed for the students to acquire practical knowledge relating to business valuation that is applicable in these circumstances. It will provide the students with the first-hand knowledge of how business valuation is conducted in the “real world” in compliance with the IVS. The course will commence with an introduction to the key concepts of accounting and finance relating to business valuation. It will then explore the valuation landscape, the role that business valuation plays in the marketplace and study the competences, role, and behaviour of business valuers. Students will learn about the valuation concepts, principles, terms, basis, premises, context, process and reporting requirements. An in-depth study of the various valuation approaches and methods, as stated in the IVS will be carried out. The focus will be on the application of the market, income, and cost (asset-based) approaches (and their respective methods and valuation parameters), in valuing business and equity. Last but not least, contemporary issues and challenges surrounding business valuation will also be covered. This includes matters such as the application of various discounts and premiums, rising importance of intangible assets (and intellectual properties) as key value drivers in business, and the consideration of ‘Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)’ matters in valuation etc. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Eric Teo Khee Hwee |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 9.00am - 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course focuses on the transport documents used in contracts for the carriage of goods by sea, including bills of lading (B/Ls), sea waybills, and delivery orders and the growing trend towards eB/Ls. The Bills of Lading Act 1992, the Electronic Transactions Act 2010 (as amended) and the UK Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 will be considered. The course will analyse the rights and liabilities of the parties to such contracts of carriage, including the shipowner, the charterer, the cargo owner, the lawful holder of the bill of lading etc. The major international convention on the carriage of goods by sea, the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, will be considered in some detail. A (non-examinable) overview of the Hamburg Rules and the Rotterdam Rules will be given. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Stephen D Girvin |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | Commercial conflict of laws is a significant area of legal scholarship and practice. The chief aim of the course is to examine the foundational principles of commercial conflict of laws in Singapore. First, the course identifies and assesses the set of rules based on which Singapore courts decide whether to entertain international commercial disputes. Second, the course outlines the provisions based on which Singapore courts determine the law governing the parties’ cross-border disputes. Finally, the course outlines the rules according to which courts in Singapore give effect to foreign judgments. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Ardavan Arzandeh |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 10 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course examines the rules and standards that govern the subject of compliance and risk management. It starts by examining questions of governance: boards of directors, and executives. We then examine the compliance function through the lens of managers, regulators, prosecutors, whistleblowers, and gatekeepers. Next, we consider particular areas of the law: corruption, anti-money laundering, and export controls. We examine case studies where compliance fails and initiatives that go beyond compliance. Finally, we consider risk management as it pertains to lawyers; topics here include the governance of risk; approaches to risk management; reputational, operational, and enterprise risk. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor V Jesudevan |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The administration of criminal justice in Singapore requires a robust defence. A good criminal defence needs a sound grounding in criminal law and criminal procedure, and a strong base of written and oral advocacy and communication skills. This is an experiential course that takes students through a case from taking instructions all the way through to an appeal, using the structure of the criminal process to teach criminal law, procedure and advocacy skills. This course will give an insight into the realities of criminal practice - and includes a clinical component which will give students the opportunity to work on active cases. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Associate Professor Anand Nalachandran & Adjunct Associate Professor R. Thrumurgan |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course delves into the legal frameworks, principles, and challenges in the field of environmental law. It explores how the law addresses, and seeks to address, the most pressing environmental crises of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss, air and water pollution, and hazardous waste. This course will also investigate how laws will drive the energy transition and influence corporate behaviour towards environmental sustainability. To this end, students will analyse international, regional, and national laws, and examine how their implementation have shaped environmental governance both within Singapore and beyond. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Sheridan Fellow Justin Lim |
| Class Dates | Fridays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 15 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course seeks to introduce students to the fundamental principles of Intellectual Property (IP) law in Singapore. It has been designed to induct and immerse students who have little to no knowledge of IP law into one of the most interesting and rewarding areas of law, and to provide a strong foundation for those who intend to pursue advanced courses in IP or information technology. Since the practical application of IP law intersects with many other areas of law (e.g. corporate-commercial law, commercial dispute resolution, compliance), students seeking to complement their knowledge with a basic understanding of IP should also find this course helpful. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Mr Benjamin Wong |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence. Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenz-kompetenz will be considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making and the enforcement of awards. Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958. This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of goods or construction. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Lawrence Boo & Adjunct Professor Neale Gregson |
| Class Dates | Wednesdays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 13 August 2025 to 12 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | International construction contracts have by their nature special features, which affect the methods of resolving disputes arising from them. The course reviews terms and clauses of standard forms of international construction contracts (FIDIC Conditions), to explain how risks (inherent in all construction contracts) are typically allocated between parties; and what rights and remedies are available to parties when risks materialise. Further, the course examines how disputes arising from construction contracts are resolved through arbitration especially arbitrations conducted under the Rules of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) which are included in the principal standard forms of contract (FIDIC). |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Stavros Brekoulakis |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | What types of situations give rise to disputes in the international arena and how are these disputes settled? This course provides an overview of the various types of disputes and settlement mechanisms available for the resolution of international disputes - State to State, Individual/Investor to State and between international non-State entities. The course will explore the law pertaining to dispute settlement before the ICJ, WTO and ITLOS as well as international arbitration - both Investor to State Arbitration and Commercial Arbitration. The course will compare these different processes on issues such as jurisdiction, provisional remedies, equal treatment, evidence and enforcement. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Vincent-Joël Proulx |
| Class Dates | Fridays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 15 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Virtual Classes (held over Zoom) |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This is primarily an interactive skill-based course with role plays and exercises and will also cover mediation theory, institutions and the legal framework for international mediation and the including the Singapore Convention on Mediation. Topics will include the nature of conflict, interest-based negotiation and mediation skills, including active listening, reality testing and BATNAs, the mediation process, mediation styles, advocacy techniques, cultural differences, investor-State mediation, Arb-Med-Arb, agreements to mediate and mediated settlement agreements. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Donna Ross |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 3.00pm - 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The global commons comprises the high seas, the deep seabed, outer space, the airspace above the exclusive economic zone and the high seas, as well as Antarctica, an ice-covered continent, and the Arctic, an ice-covered ocean. Each of these areas are governed by international treaty regimes that were developed specifically for that area. This course will examine and compare the international regimes governing activities in the global commons. It will also examine the evolving law on the obligation of States to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause harm to the environment of the global commons. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Assistant Professor Tara Maria Davenport |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | International law traditionally concerns itself with the relations between states, yet environmental problems transcend borders. International environmental law demonstrates how international norms can affect national sovereignty on matters of common concern. The course surveys international treaties concerning the atmosphere and on land and sea, the conservation of nature and resources, and connections to trade, investment and economic development. Institutions and principles to promote compliance and cooperation are also examined at the international level and also within the state - to consider the question of whether environmental concerns are generating "global law”. This is a growing area of law-making and implementation. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Simon Tay |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 9.00am - 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 10 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The purpose of this course is two-fold: on the one hand, to examine parts of the legal history and heritage of Islam and the development of the traditions of Islamic law on the other, to reflect upon the nature and concept of law coming from this heritage and its influence on other aspects of society. As such, we will read materials, and consider issues, related to three topics: the history of Islamic legal thought from the formative period; the crystallisation of Islamic legal thought into works of fiqh and usul al-fiqh; and the contemporary application and practice of Islamic law. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Arif Jamal |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | To respond to climate change and its impacts, domestic governments are changing the way they govern their economies and financial systems. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to understand how laws are shaping the relationship between climate change and the economy in key jurisdictions around the world. Issues to be considered include market and non-market based legal and policy mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to respond to climate risks, such as carbon markets and taxes, sustainable finance regulation, and green-industrial policies. No background in climate change or economics is required to take the course. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Assistant Professor Arjuna Dibley |
| Class Dates | Wednesdays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 13 August 2025 to 12 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The Law of the Sea is course in public international law. It governs the rights and obligations of States in uses of the oceans, in the exploitation of its resources and in the protection and preservation of its environment. The main focus of the course is on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which was adopted in 1982 after nine years of negotiations and which was intended to establish a legal order for all uses the oceans that would withstand the test of time. We will examine how UNCLOS came about, how it balances the interests of coastal States and user States, and how its provisions are being interpreted by States and by the institutions established under it. This will include an examination of the relevance and limits of UNCLOS in resolving intractable disputes such as those in South China Sea. We will also examine how UNCLOS is being adapted, modified and supplemented to meet the challenges posed by technological and scientific developments, by the development of international environment law, and by the existential threats posed by global warming and sea-level rise. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Assistant Professor Tara Davenport |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 10 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | Given the privileged role that lawyers play in society, it is unsurprising that the highest standards are demanded of lawyers. The contents of these standards comprise the subject-matter of this course where we will explore legal ethics, professional conduct and professional responsibility with reference to the Legal Profession Act 1966 and the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015. The focus will be on Singapore law and we will examine the roles and responsibilities of lawyers, the duties that lawyers owe to the various stakeholders in the legal industry, and other issues that lawyers may encounter in their day-to-day practice. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Mr Ryan Huang |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The course will begin with an evaluation of the business rationale for M&A and a discussion of the various types of transactions and related terminology. The regulatory issues surrounding these transactions will be analysed through an examination of the applicable laws and regulations. While the law in Singapore would be considered as the frame of reference, the course will contain an international comparative perspective including comparisons with the position in the U.K. and the U.S. While corporate and securities law issues form the thrust, incidental reference will be made to accounting, tax and competition law considerations. Finally, the transactional perspective will consider various structuring matters, planning aspects, transaction costs and impact on various stakeholders. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Umakanth Varottil |
| Class Dates | Fridays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 15 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course provides an introduction to the latest legal developments and areas of significance in modern China. Topics covered include Chinese legal system, legal institutions, civil law, corporate law, finance law and dispute resolution. Through this course, students will benefit from learning substantive aspects of modern Chinese law and will be conversant with Mandarin in the legal context. This course is conducted primarily in Chinese (Mandarin) and is intended for students who possess a basic level of Chinese (Mandarin). |
| Course Instructor(s) | Visiting Senior Fellow You Chuanman |
| Class Dates | Fridays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 15 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This is a novel elective course designed to introduce students to multi-disciplinary perspectives and skills relating to crime and criminal justice. It brings together local and international experts in their respective fields (such as criminology, enforcement, prosecution) to teach the various topics. The course is broadly divided into four segments. In terms of substantive topics, this course is broadly in three segments: (a) systems of criminal justice, (b) causes of crime, and (c) how we respond to and deal with crime. The course also introduces some basic skills necessary to understanding and evaluating criminal justice empirical research. Students who elect to take this course should generally have completed courses on Singapore criminal law and Singapore constitutional law or equivalent. Students who have not completed such courses may still elect to take this course, but must be prepared to put in additional time to read up on the basics of Singapore criminal law and Singapore constitutional law. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Tai Wei Shyong |
| Class Dates | TBC |
| Course Duration | 4 August 2025 to 6 December 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course examines the evolving regime for the regulation and protection of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in international law. Although MNEs remain creations of domestic law, the cross-border activities of MNEs increasingly come within the scope of instruments creating obligations and/or rights in international law. In assessing the challenges faced by states and MNEs alike with respect to such transnational regulation, the course takes a rounded and interdisciplinary view of the issues involved, addressing both the commercial and social dimensions of MNE action. In addition to considering the regulatory powers of individual states, developments under international instruments on human rights, environment, finance, taxation and investment are addressed. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Jansen Calamita |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The course examines the normative, theoretical and doctrinal issues that arise from the policy favouring arbitration:
• How did the pro-arbitration policy arise historically? • What exactly does the pro-arbitration policy mean? • What are the main legal doctrines that implement the pro-arbitration policy? • In which international legal instruments and national laws is the pro-arbitration policy enshrined? • How does the pro-arbitration policy sit next to competing public policies? • What are the implications of the pro-arbitration policy for the protection of the public interest? • What are the procedural and substantive legal concepts that protect the public interest in commercial, public-private and investment arbitration? |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Stavros Brekoulakis |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | Without competent pre-trial work, one’s case at trial will be prejudiced or worse, one’s client may be deprived of a trial. There are two main components of this course: knowledge of civil procedure and the Rules of Court 2021, and oral advocacy; both aspects are focused on pre-trial matters and applications. The course will cover selected areas of procedural law, sufficient to enable the student to argue pre-trial applications in these areas in a real life and ethical manner. The skills-based aspect of learning is also found in the practical oral advocacy training in arguing pre-trial applications (for example, a summary judgment application). |
| Course Instructor(s) | Adjunct Professor Foo Chee Hock & Mr Vincent Leow |
| Class Dates | Thursdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm |
| Course Duration | 14 August 2025 to 13 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | The course introduces important concepts and principles of private law in civil law jurisdictions to students trained in the common law. The focus is on concepts and principles in which the differences between the civil and common law systems are particularly striking. Examples are the core emphasis on obligations, the lack of a strict or any consideration requirement in contract law, the focus on absolute rights in delictual liability, the concept of negotiorum gestio and the design of property law as positive absolute rights. The different concepts of legislation and jurisprudence also form part of the course. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Christian Hofmann |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 12.00pm to 3.00pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This course aims to introduce students to privacy and data protection law. The bulk of this course will be centred on Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012; students should emerge from this course equipped to advise on the various practical issues that modern organisations face when dealing with personal data. In addition, students will also be introduced to data protection regulation at the international level, through comparisons with other data protection laws in major jurisdictions (such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and China’s Personal Information Protection Law). |
| Course Instructor(s) | Mr Benjamin Wong |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 9.00am - 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 10 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures. The class will also consider the changing global order in the light of increasing Sino-American conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and Russian use of force in Ukraine. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor Thio Li-ann |
| Class Dates | Wednesdays: 12.00pm to 1.00pm Fridays: 10.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 13 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | As the saying goes, the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Tax permeates and affects all aspects of human and business conduct – shaping every deal and transaction, and influencing the setting up, financing, and operation of every business venture. This foundational course focuses on the two most important taxes – income tax and GST (accounting for about ¾ of our total tax revenues). It will acquaint participants with a basic working knowledge of the most common tax issues faced by both businesses and individuals. The first part of the course focuses on GST, and how GST is imposed on an increasing number of platform transactions in our daily lives as well as on digital assets. The second part deals with the income tax implications of typical decisions in the lifecycle of a business. Issues examined include tax implications on sole proprietorship vs partnership vs company; how is offshore income taxed in Singapore; is debt or equity more tax efficient?; how to maximise deductions and allowances to minimise taxes?; when does tax planning become avoidance or evasion?; as well as common legal and evidential issues in tax litigation. Other topical issues include the economics of taxation, and the trends and reforms in international tax. The course is particularly useful for those interested in commercial law, transactions, wealth planning, in-house advisory, and economic policy. No tax knowledge is assumed, and participants are not expected to make tax computations. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Stephen Phua & Adjunct Assistant Professor Kenneth Wang Ye |
| Class Dates | Tuesdays: 6.30pm to 9.30pm |
| Course Duration | 12 August 2025 to 11 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Description | ‘Transnational law’ refers to regulatory systems whose regulatory reach is not constrained by state borders. It is a relatively newly-emergent form of regulation with which persons with legal training are increasingly being asked to engage. Such engagement requires appreciation of how the different aspects of these distinctive legal systems interact with each other. This seminar will explore these interrelationships, giving the student a framework for evaluating what a particular transnational legal system can and cannot do; and how to best interact with that particular transnational legal system in order to secure outcomes that are both desirable and achievable. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Associate Professor Michael Dowdle |
| Class Dates | Mondays: 3.00pm to 6.00pm |
| Course Duration | 11 August 2025 to 10 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
| Course Details | With the leaks of the ‘Panama Papers’ ( https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/) and the ‘Paradise Papers’ ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Papers ) the so-called ‘offshore’ financial industry has come under increasing scrutiny. The main question this course will cover is how, in legal terms, the offshore financial industry works. The emphasis will be on the offshore law of trusts, where many of the modern trusts employed to safeguard the assets of the wealthy were developed, and the civil law foundation as an alternative to the trust as a wealth management vehicle. |
| Course Instructor(s) | Professor James Penner |
| Class Dates | Fridays: 9.00am to 12.00pm |
| Course Duration | 15 August 2025 to 14 November 2025 |
| Mode of Teaching | Face to Face Classes |
| SILE-CPD Points | Up to 36 points |
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