2018
Singapore's Most Promising Legal Luminaries Aged 40 And Under
SMU alumnus John Tan [a graduate of the SMU Juris Doctor programme] was listed as one of the top 20 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under in 2017. He is currently Senior Associate, Withers KhattarWong, and has been involved in over 15 industrial building property deals in the past two years, representing vendors, purchasers, banks and investors.
16 February 2018
Pritam Singh To Lead Workers' Party Into Next Election As New Secretary-General
JD alumnus Pritam Singh becomes Workers' Party new Secretary-General.
8 April 2018
SMU Team Does Singapore Proud By Winning Prestigious International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition For The 3rd Time In 4 Years
JD student, Lee Chuan, is part of the winning team in the International Criminal Court moot competition held in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 27 May to 1 June.
4 June 2018
Disabled Student Studies Law After Not Giving Up Despite Three Unsuccessful Applications
Since young, SMU postgraduate student Ong Fung Yen suffered from cerebral palsy and has difficulty moving around. She found a passion for law during her days at Temasek Polytechnic, and applied to study law at both the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. Despite being unsuccessful, she continued trying, and was finally accepted into SMU School of Law’s Juris Doctor programme in 2016. In recognition of her spirit of continuous learning, she was recently awarded with the SkillsFuture Study Award for Persons with Disabilities and presented with $5000, which would be used to supplement her tuition fees.
16 September 2018
Four First-Time Novelists Shortlisted For The Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Year 1 J.D. student Lu Huiyi is among the four shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize. A former teacher and amateur playwright, Ms Lu is the youngest in this year’s shortlist for the award. The award is Singapore's only prize for unpublished English-language novels, as well as its richest literary award. The top prize is worth $25,000, while three runner-ups will get $5,000 each.
22 October 2018
Commentary: You Can Still Retire At 40, Even With A Longer Life Expectancy
In a commentary, SMU J.D. alumnus Christopher Ng Wai Chung, who runs a financial blog and conducts an Early Retirement Masterclass, shared how he was able to pay his way through a three-year Doctor of Jurisprudence program in SMU at the age of 39 years using his dividend payouts from his investment portfolio.
23 October 2018