Stamford Law Moot 2013
More than 20 students from both law schools took part in the 2nd edition of the Stamford Law Moot. This year's problem involved the making of submissions to the Securities Industry Council regarding a...
View ArticleAttorney-General's Cup 2013
Second-year law students Chan Wenqiang, Darren Chye, Liu Xuanyi, Mohammad Muzhaffar bin Omar, Tan Kehua, Jerald Soon, and Jillian Yeo represented SMU in the 2013 Attorney-General's Cup. There were two...
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SMU wins both individual titles at 2013 Attorney-General’s Cup
Is it possible to be guilty of causing religious disharmony in Singapore by blogging about extreme proselytisation from abroad? Can such a foreigner be prosecuted and sent to jail? This was the...
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SMU law students shine in legal essay competitions
‘How may the definitions of culpable homicide and murder in the Penal Code be reformed or improved?’ - this was the topic of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) Law Reform Essay Competition 2013....
View ArticleHarry Elias Partnership-SMU Moot 2013
This year's HEP moot final saw three finalists from NUS -- David Isidore Tan, Huang Peidei, and Shannon Chua -- and one finalist from SMU, Nicholas Liu. The problem revolved around family law generally...
View ArticleLawAsia Moot 2013
Foo Shi Hao, Nanthini Vijayakumar, and Samuel Caleb Yap represented SMU in the 8th edition of this moot, which was held in Singapore for the first time. This year's problem involved the fur of an...
View ArticleHerbert Smith Freehills-Asian Law Students Association Moot 2014
Liu Xuanyi, Mohd Muzhaffar, and Tan Junhong represented SMU in this arbitration moot that featured ten teams from around the region. The moot problem involved issues relating to consolidation,...
View ArticleDarius Tay (LLB'2011) wins the University of Oxford JustCite Procedural...
Darius Tay (LLB'2011), while doing his BCL in Oxford, took part in the inaugural JustCite Procedural Justice Mooting Shield competition. The oral rounds at Keble College featured 24 students making...
View ArticleSchool of Law wins Jessup National Round
Our team on the left, from L-R: Chua Wei Yuan, Carren Thung, Yeo Gek Min, Nicholas Liu, and Kenny Lau Chua Wei Yuan, Kenny Lau, Nicholas Liu, Carren Thung, and Yeo Gek Min represented SMU in the 4th...
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Landmark MOUs on legal education between Singapore and Myanmar
Senior Minister of State (SMS) for Law and Education, Ms Indranee Rajah SC was in Myanmar for a visit from 18 to 20 February 2014 to meet various Myanmar leaders. She was joined by the deans of...
View ArticleSMU moot team successfully defends national title
Many of us will not forget how SMU’s moot team did us proud by winning the first runner-up position at the renowned Philip C. Jessup Moot 2013, which saw over 600 teams from about 90 countries taking...
View ArticleSMU Faces of Law
In line with SMU Open House 2014,"Faces of SMU Law" is an informal platform spearheaded by The Bar to showcase the student life and diversity of SMU School of Law. In the course of the next three...
View ArticleRodyk Grand Challenge 2014
The third edition of the Rodyk Challenge required participating teams to amend and debate parliamentary bills on minimum wage and harassment/cyber-bullying. Lee Heng, Dierdre Grace Morgan, and Sui Yi...
View ArticleRed Cross International Humanitarian Moot 2014
For the 12th edition of the Red Cross IHL Moot, SMU and NUS once again teamed up to send a joint team. NUS assumed coaching duties this year, with Ms Megan Chia and Ms Emily Choo taking the reins....
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SMU law students are best Oralists at Red Cross International Humanitarian...
SMU and NUS once again teamed up to send a joint team for the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot held this year. The SMU-NUS joint team comprised SMU’s Sui Yi Siong and Hilda Foo, and...
View ArticleNew Advisory Board member appointed
SMU Law School welcomes Ms Juthika Ramanathan, Chief Executive, Judiciary Administration & Operations, Supreme Court of Singapore, to School of Law Advisory Board member beginning April 2014. View...
View ArticleAdvocacy Cup 2014
Sui Yi Siong and Christian Teo were the SMU representatives in the final of the 2014 edition of this competition, which was judged by Justice Vinodh Coomaraswamy, Associate Professor Eleanor Wong, and...
View ArticleSMU second in top moot court contest
SMU's moot team has scored first runner-up position at the world's largest moot court competition for the second time. On Saturday, 12 April 2014, the moot team from SMU School of Law represented the...
View ArticleAttorney-General's Cup final an all-SMU contest
It was an all-SMU final at the Attorney-General’s Cup moot competition on August 29. The two finalists were Wong Yan Yee and Sean Sim Zhi Quan. They received cash prizes and an internship with the...
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An all-SMU contest at the Attorney-General's Cup 2014 final
Into its fourth edition, this year’s Attorney General’s Cup moot competition was held on 29 August 2014. It was an all-SMU final at the competition as both finalists were our own – Wong Yan Yee and...
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