Dean's Message
Welcome to the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (NUS Law). NUS Law is Asia’s Global Law School. Widely regarded as the region's leading law school, we also see ourselves as part of a global conversation about the study and practice of law. Our global perspective infuses the academic programme - from the diverse courses that we offer, taught by faculty from most major jurisdictions, to the exchange programmes we have with other top law schools around the world. At the same time, our location within Asia gives us a competitive edge. Singapore offers the security and stability sought by the West, while allowing deep engagement with the rising economies of the East. NUS Law graduates occupy the highest legal offices in Singapore, including the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General, and senior practitioners in all areas of law. Our alumni also include partners in top international firms in New York, London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Some of our graduates rise to the top of the profession and then move into public office, like Law Ministers K Shanmugam and Edwin Tong. Others join academia or take to the international stage, like former Dean and Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh. Still others use their legal training to start new ventures in the corporate world, like Tan Min-Liang, CEO of gaming giant Razer; or apply their skills with language as playwrights or actors, like Eleanor Wong and Ivan Heng. While NUS Law offers a rigorous legal training, we also teach personal and professional skills that enable our graduates to operate across boundaries. This includes national boundaries, through the chance to spend a semester or even your whole third year at partner law schools in over fifteen countries, or your fourth year earning a Master of Laws degree from New York University, King’s College London, or other leading institutions. We also bridge disciplinary boundaries: you may take subjects outside law from across the University — in some cases earning you a second degree — and participate in activities that broaden you as a person, such as opportunities to participate in pro bono work. At NUS Law, you will be part of the conversation. Our professors expect you to challenge them, to share new ideas, and to debate different perspectives. We don’t aim simply to produce "lawyers". We aim to produce leaders, who can be successful in whatever path they choose. Andrew Simester |
