Hillary CHUA
Hillary’s research is in medical law, clinical ethics, and disability law. She teaches the law of torts and is on study leave from 2023 to 2027. She practised medical law in Singapore before joining NUS as a Sheridan Fellow.
Education
Master of Bioethics (Harvard); LLB (King’s College London); Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
Current Courses
Law of Torts
Law of Torts (JD)
Hillary holds an LLB from King’s College London and a Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School, where she was awarded the annual Beecher Prize in Medical Ethics in 2019. Her research interests are in medical law and ethics, and disability law.
Before joining NUS in 2021, she practised medical law in Singapore (called to the Singapore bar in 2018). She has been a member of the National University Hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee and the Singapore Ministry of Health’s Advisory Committee on Restricted Human Biomedical Research.
Journal Articles
Hillary Chua, ‘Revisiting the Vegetative State: A Disability Rights Law Analysis.‘ (Spring 2021) HMS Bioethics Journal
- Medical Law and Ethics
- Disability Law