Admissions
At SMU we are committed to holistic admissions, where we look for students who have not only been successful academically but who also possess qualities that we value. Applicants are selected on the basis of their strong academic and co-curricular records as well as evidence of qualities such as positive attitude, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and communication skills.
Financial Matters
Tuition fees at SMU are highly subsidised by the Singapore Government and a Tuition Grant Subsidy Scheme was established allow eligible students to pay subsidised tuition fees.
In addition, we offer generous tuition fee loan schemes, numerous scholarships and bursaries, and a student employment scheme.
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Students can look forward to meeting classmates from diverse backgrounds and expect an intense and outstanding education in the JD programme.
TYPICAL CLASS PROFILE
30 to 45 places are offered each year to successful candidates. Thus far, the proportion of male students has been marginally higher than female students. We have JD students in their early 20s as well as those in their 40s. On average, the JD students would have a total of about 4 years of working experience at the time of application.
29
AVERAGE AGE
4 yrs
AVERAGE WORK EXPERIENCE
53%
AVE % OF MALE
47%
AVE % OF FEMALE
Award-winning Students
You will glean from these pages the proud achievements of our JD students. Apart from subject prizes and moots competitions within the Yong Pung How School of Law, JD students have also won prizes in various local, regional and international moots and advocacy competitions as well as the Ministry of Law’s Law Reform essay competition.
Mateja DUROVIC
Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Reader in Contract and Commercial Law, King's College London
Email: mdurovic@smu.edu.sg
Course Taught: Consumer Law, Digital Market and New Technologies (Term 2)
Rafael LEAL-ARCAS
Ph.D. in Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU Intl Economic Law and Professor of European and Intl Economic Law, Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Email: rlealarcas@smu.edu.sg
Course Taught: Climate Change Law and Policy (Term 2)
Chen Lei
PhD, University of Stellenbosch
Professor of Law, Chair in Chinese Law and Co-Director of Centre for Chinese Law and Policy, Durham Law School
Course Taught: Adv Topics in the Belt & Road Initiative Dispute Resolution (Term 1)
Charlie WENG Xiao-Chuan
MPhil in Finance; SJD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Associate Professor of Law, University of New South Wales
Course Taught: Critical Topics in Chinese Commercial Law (Term 1)
Chester BROWN
PhD, University Cambridge
Professor of International Law and International Arbitration, University of Sydney Law School
Course Taught: The Settlement of Inter-State Disputes
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
JD, University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Using Dystopian Films to Regulate against a Dystopian Future
JIANG Huiqin
PhD in Law, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor, School of Law and Politics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
Course Taught: International Investment Law and the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI)
Gary BORN
JD, summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School
President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration
Chair of the International Arbitration Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Course Taught: The SIAC and Institutional Arbitration
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Introduction to Law and Technology
Orkun AKSELI
PhD, University of Manchester Law School
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Durham School of Law
Course Taught: International and Comparative Secured Transactions Law
CHEN Li
PhD International Law, Fudan University
Vice Dean and Professor of international Law at Law School of Fudan University
Course Taught: Chinese Commercial Arbitration
Hengameh SABERI
SJD, Harvard Law School
Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Course Taught: Public International Law
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Introduction to Law and Technology
Orkun AKSELI
PhD, University of Manchester Law School
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Durham School of Law
Course Taught: International and Comparative Secured Transactions Law
CHEN Li
PhD International Law, Fudan University
Vice Dean and Professor of international Law at Law School of Fudan University
Course Taught: Chinese Commercial Arbitration
Hengameh SABERI
SJD, Harvard Law School
Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Course Taught: Public International Law
Graham VIRGO, QC (Hons)
Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education
Professor of English Private Law, University of Cambridge
Jones Day Professor of Commercial Law, 2019
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Introduction to Law and Technology
Dino KRITSIOTIS
LL.M. (International law), University of Cambridge (Darwin College)
Professor of Public International Law, Chair of Public International Law and Founding Head of the International Humanitarian Law Unit, University of Nottingham
Course Taught: International Humanitarian Law
David B. WILKINS
Lester Kissel Professor of Law
Director, Center on the Legal Profession
Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession
Harvard Law School
Gerard McCORMACK
PhD, University of Essex
Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds School of Law
Course Taught: International & Comparative Insolvency Law
Chris REED
LL.M. (London)
Professor of Electronic Commerce Law, Queen Mary University of London
Julia HORNLE
PhD, University of London
Professor in Internet Law, Queen Mary University of London
Course Taught: Law of Cybercrime and Digital Investigations
John PHILLIPS
PhD, University of Queensland
Professor of Law, The Dickinson Poon School of Law, King's College London
Course Taught: Banking Law
Sir Bernard RIX
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Professor of International Commercial Law, Queen Mary University of London
Course Taught: Drafting of Commercial Agreements
Jones Day Professor of Commercial Law, 2015