Yong Pung How School of Law
YPHSL
Alvin SEE Wei Liang
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Law
- B.C.L., University of Oxford, 2010
- C.L.P., Malaysia, 2009
- LL.B. (First Class Honours), University of Leeds, 2008
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Associate Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2023-Present
Previous Appointments:
- Associate Dean (Undergraduate Curriculum & Teaching), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Aug 2020-Jun 2024
- Associate Professor of Law (Education), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2019-Jun 2023
- Associate Dean (Student, Staff & Alumni Affairs), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2019-Dec 2020
- Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2012-Jun 2019
- Lecturer, School of Law, Taylor's University, September 2010-December 2011
Honors & Awards
- Excellent Teacher award, Singapore Management University, AY2017-18
- Dean’s Teaching Excellence award, SMU School of Law, AY2017–18
- Most Outstanding Teacher award, SMU School of Law, AY2016-17
- Dean’s Teaching Excellence award, SMU School of Law, AY2015–16
- Most Promising Teacher award, Singapore Management University, AY2014–15
- Dean’s Teaching Excellence award, SMU School of Law, AY2014–15
- OUCLJ Distinguished Associate Editor Award, 2010
- Attorney-General's Award, Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia, 2009
- Hughes Extended Essay Prize, University of Leeds, 2008
Courses Taught in SMU
- Law of Property
- Law of Equity & Trusts
- Singapore Legal System
- Business Law
Research Area
- Law of Property
- Unjust Enrichment and Restitution
- Remedies
- Animal Law
Selected Publications
- Alvin W-L See (2022), “Dealing with a Minor's Land in Singapore”, 22 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 46-66
- Alvin W-L See (2022), "The Torrens System in Singapore: 75 Years from Conception to Commencement", 62 American Journal of Legal History 66-87
- Alvin W-L See (2021), "Fixtures, Mortgages and Retention of Title Clauses", 85 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 167-182
- Alvin W-L See (2021), “Reconciling Joint Tenancies with Writs of Seizure and Sale”, 85 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 45–54
- Alvin W-L See (2019), “Severance by Unilateral Declaration: Lessons From Singapore”, 83 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 138–148
- Alvin W-L See (2019), “Recovering Misdirected Trust Assets in the Face of Torrens Indefeasibility”, 13 Journal of Equity 1–22
- Alvin W-L See (2018), “Revisiting Sham Trusts: Common Intention, Estoppel and Illegality”, 82 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 31–44
- Alvin W-L See (2018), “User Damages and the Limits of Compensatory Reasoning”, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 73–96
- Alvin W-L See (2017), “Unlocking Wrotham Park Damages: Lord Cairns’ Act and Loss of the Ability to Sue for Future Infringements”, 81 The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 339–350