Brought to you by the FOCC Marketing Committee 18/19 Freshmen Handbook 2 0 1 9 Message from the Marketing Committee
Hi Freshies!
When we first started planning this Orientation, we wanted to create an unforgettable Orientation experience filled with laughter, cheer and banter. More importantly, we wanted to give you a taste of the great four years that you will have in NUS Law.
The next few years in law school will definitely be tough. It will not be an easy stroll through Botanic Gardens, or a simple dip in the pool at CCAB. However, it will also be an extremely rewarding and fulfilling experience. No matter how tough times get, remember to always be here for each other and support each other. Always remember to take a break and hydrate yourselves. Orientation is just the beginning of all the friends you will make and good times you will have in law school. We hope that you’ve enjoyed Orientation as much as we have. Have the bestest year ahead!
With all the love + lawsku muggers + Fu Shan’s Deans Lister Power, Kai Le, Ashley, Fu Shan The Marketing Committee 2018/19
P.S. Join Marketing Committee next year! :DDD 1 Table of Content
03 Getting to know BTC 05 Places to Eat
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Getting to know BTC 03
Places to Eat 05
Study Areas 07
Useful Links 08
The FOCC 11
Muggers 12
Social Media Feature 13
Copyright and Disclaimer Sponsorship Profiles 14
All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopy, recording or otherwise without prior permission from the committee. All images, saves pages 4, 12 and 16 to 27, are original and copyright belongs to the Ang 2 Kai Le. Getting to know BTC
Public Transport
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BTC Shuttle Bus 30 First Bus - 0720 Weekdays mins Last Bus - 2130 Japanese Primary School 60 First Bus - 0830 Museum Saturdays mins Last Bus - 1230 Yusof Ishak House Central Library
LT 13 Public Transport
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BIZ 2 Botanic Gardens MRT CC19/DT9 PGP Terminal
College Green Hostel NUS Bt Timah Campus Oei Tiong Ham Building (41011) Botanic Gardens Stn Botanic Gardens MRT 48, 66, 67, 151, (41021) Museum 153, 154, 156, Opp Botanic Gdns Stn 170, 171, 186 (41029) Opp. Block EA
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Route 1 Route 2 Route 3
1, Exit the MRT and walk 1. Exit the MRT and walk 1.Exit the MRT and walk up the Botanic Gardens up the Botanic Gardens up the Botanic Gardens slope. slope. slope. 2. Upon reaching the fork 2. Upon reaching the fork 2. Upon reaching the fork in the road (past the swan in the road (past the swan in the road (past the swan pond), turn left. pond), turn left. pond), turn left. 3. Walk past the area with 3. Walk past the 3. Walk into the the sheltered map. You Ethnobotany Gardens Ethnobotany Gardens. will see a staircase. onto the Red Brick Path. 4. Walk across the bridge. 4. Climb up the staircase 4. Enter the gate on the 5. Walk up the staircase. to the exit near the drop left and go around the 6. Circle round the off point of Block B. building to the Moot Court. museum to the Summit. Getting to know BTC Walking Routes 4
Places to Eat
School
Chef In a Box $ Want something other than the pinnacle of Upper gastronomy? Pop by this vending machine. Quad
Reedz $$ Craft-your-own bowl of pasta, rice or salad Lower with a side of salmon, olives, or mushrooms. Quad
Near-ish
Food Canopy $ A kopitiam with a set of homely dining Behind options (i.e., ban mian, cai fan and coffee). CJ Koh
Plain Vanilla $$ Drop by for decadent baked goods and Cluny wonderful coffee. Court
Still Near
Selara Rasa Nasi Lemak $ Ready to queue? Come by for the Marketing Adam Committee’s favourite Nasi Lemak store. Road
Atlas $$$ If you’re looking for sunlight, coffee, truffle Bukit fries and cake, Atlas is the place for you. Timah 5
Places to Eat
Distant
Cosy Corner Popiah $ The best popiah in Singapore. They also make Coronation a mean mee siam and laksa. Plaza
Island Creamery $$$ Formerly, “Little Hiro”, this Island Creamery King’s branch serves pasta and burgers. Arcade
Far From Home
Ming Jia Korean Food $$ Looking for kimchi, spicy tofu, and maybe Bukit Timah omurice? Plaza
Rise & Grind Coffee Co. $$$ For fancy ground coffee and a truffle Bukit Timah carbonara, drop by this small cafe. Plaza
In a Land Far Far Away
You Peng Noodle Dumpling House $ Their xiao long bao is the best in Singapore, Beauty Batam, and some say JB. World
Beauty World Supper Stretch $$ There’s everything here. Prata, Bak Kut Teh Beauty and even Frog Porridge! World 6
Angsana Rooms Location: Lower Quad Situated at the lower quad, these Noise: Minimal glass-panelled rooms have large tables 24-Hours: Yes and natural light. Pop by the library, or Outlets: Some walk to Reedz for a coffee break. Air-con: 24/7
Location: Lower Quad C J Koh Library Noise: Minimal Study while surrounded by knowledge 24-Hours: No and hard-copy books (for easy Outlets: Yes reference). There are many tables Air-con: Till 10pm available across the three floors. Study Areas
Study Room Location: Level 1 If you need silence to study, the study Noise: Minimal room is the place for you. Tables are 24-Hours: Yes partitioned to prevent distractions. The Outlets: Yes printing room is located inside. Air-con: Till 10pm
Corridors Location: Level 2, 4, 5 Noise: Varies For a more casual atmosphere, study in 24-Hours: Yes, but dark the corridors with friends. Take a nap on Outlets: Scarce the various couches found around the Air-con: Till 10pm school. 7 Useful Links
Overheard @ BTC For the oldies and newbies: Facebook is never outdated for anyone! This will be the most useful Facebook group as this group contains updates regarding opportunities to join mooting competitions, upcoming events publicity, career fair information pamphlets, the occasional internship opportunities and legal technology events!
For the well-informed and initiated: Justified is an exclusive online student-run editorial website. The team here works hard to bring out weekly new fresh content for all the curious readers in our law school society. Tune into this website to get refreshing insights from faculty members such as Professor Walter Woon or Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart.
Letters of the Law For those who seek inspiration and advice: This website contains a list of letter from current lawyers, professors and ex-law students to their younger selves.. Som notable figures include Professor Goh Yi Han, our own tutors Criminal Law Professor Alan Tan, Torts Professor Swati and our own Dean Simon Chesterman. This is the best place for those who feel the fatigue of law on their shoulders tearing away at their weary souls and need motivation to press son.
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IVLE For the muggers and bookworms: Through this website, you will be able to access all of your course information, assignments, case lists and slides. Most professors upload their materials and readings for their respective modules here and thus this is really the most important page amongst all the websites. Be sure to bookmark and familiarise yourself with this page!
StartNowLaw For the kindhearted and community serving lovers: This is the best page for you! StartNowLaw is the website where you will be able to access and sign up for all the various Pro Bono Projects available. You will be able to sign up for various Pro Bono activities such as Legal Clinics, University Court Friends etc. over here.
For those who are merely looking to clear their hours, this is a MUST GO for you too!
NUS Mods For the organized and OCD: if you are looking to remain updated and organised there is no where else to go. NUSmods allows you to customise your timetable according to your various tutorial groups and odd-even week timetables. You can even add this to your own Google or Apple Calendar as well for easy access on your phone.
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FOCC Exco
The Freshmen Orientation Central Committee (FOCC) Executive
Get to know the Committee comprises the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. Together, they set the direction for FOCC and oversee NUS Law Orientation. This year’s vision for Orientation is Nexus and Purpose - to engage the freshmen through meaningful activities, thereby fostering stronger ties between freshmen and with the NUS Law Community.
Marketing Exco
The Marketing Committee loves to write emails! We reach out to the monetary and in-kind sponsors (i.e., free stuff for pageant and the welfare bags!) for all orientation events. We create various sponsorship collaterals and run the Matriculation Week External Visit and Corporate Booths.
Pictured above is the Executive Committee of: Fu Shan, Ashley, and Kai Le.
Law Camp Exco
The Law Camp Committee comprises about 30 members including the Chairperson, 3 Vice-Chairpersons, and 6 Sub-committee ICs. The
Freshmen Orientation Central Committee committee worked through the year to organise a fun and enjoyable camp for freshmen.
Pictured above are the Executive Committee Members, Megan Wong, Ryan Teo, Chih Ying and Siddartha Bodi. 10
Matric Week Exco
There was an idea... to bring together a remarkable group of people... the
Get to know the Matric Week Committee! The Matric Week Committee is in charge of planning and executing the various events that Matriculation Week has to offer - games days, the student life fair, networking event, picnic under the stars, freshmen inauguration ceremony and finally, law bash.
The executive committee is pictured above. It consists of Vanessa (chairperson), Ryan, Damian, Benson, Natania (vice-chairpersons), and Natalie (secretary-treasurer)
Pro Bono Exco
The Pro Bono Committee organizes various projects targeted at exposing freshmen to pro bono culture and empowering them to use their skills as law students to make a difference. Additionally, the committee organises FLAG to inculcate the spirit of giving back to society.
Pictured above are the Executive Committee Members, Ding Hang, Tapasya and Shilpa
Creative Exco
Hello! We are the Creative Committee and we have close to 30 members with 6 Executive Committee leaders! We work on publicity materials and the storyline for Orientation! The Committee is thus split into two working groups for Content
Freshmen Orientation Central Committee and Storyline. For events, we oversee Night Court and CSI Night and work closely with other committees to ensure their success!
Pictured above is the ExCo which consists of You Quan, Jing Wen, Ivan, Andrew, Sarhan and Jing De. 11
ag Focc R Exco
Harlow we are the RAG comm woooo!!!! We have 25 people and 8 EXCO Get to know the members!!! We have been working hard the entire summer to bring you a wonderful performance on 10th August at Bishan Park! Please come down to support us and your fellow batch mates!!!
With Love, The 2018/19 Muggers
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Contributing seniors:
Ashleigh Gan, Ashley Teo, Audity Tareq, Bay Jia Wei, Charis Chan, Charis Sim, Chester Chin, Chong Fu Shan, Damian Tan, Darryl Ong, Eu Shae-Yenne, Ignatius Koh, Jonathan Kow, Jordan Ng, Lee Kay Han, Li Zhengxi, Maggie Liu, Natalie Poh, Nicholas Khoo, Ong Hui Wen, Rachael Seow, Samuel Ye, Seah Caiying, Seah Ding Hang, Sean Goh, Stanley Woo, Suraj Bagalkoti, Tan Shao Wei, Teo Jun Xiang, Valerie Lim, Wee Min, Xiao Tong, Yeo Jing Wen, Yeo Su-En, and Zhang Weihao. 12
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Lawsku is a shared mood.
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Law school can be intimidating at first - so check out the little nuggets of wisdom that a senior has offered! @singaporelawmeme
Wherever you are in the legal Social Media ecosystem, some truths are eternal.
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Sponsorship Profiles
14 ABOUT US
We are delighted to be in a Formal Law Alliance with international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia) LLP, and together, as Norton Rose Fulbright Ascendant, we provide our clients with complete coverage for their Singapore and international law needs, particularly in the areas of fraud and asset tracing; criminal litigation and white-collar criminal defence; employment disputes; data protection, privacy and cybersecurity; intellectual property; shipping; real estate and antitrust and competition.
Ascendant Legal provides a range of legal services with a particular focus on litigation and dispute resolution. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the Singapore legal market handling complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes in the banking, energy, commodities and telecommunications sectors. We pride ourselves on being a tightly knit firm that values personal relationships, and our lawyers enjoy working together to provide clients with the highest standards of legal representation.
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OC Queen Street LLC (OCQS) is a Singapore law practice and a member of Osborne Clarke's international legal practice. We specialise in M&A, Investment Funds, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Competition, Competition Economics, Regulatory, IP (Patent & Copyright) Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Investigations, Data Protection, IT, Telecoms, Media, Employment, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Payments and FinTech.
Chambers FinTech 2019 described us as "a modern firm with technology-savvy lawyers” while Legal 500 2019 recognized us as "the market leader in the area of cutting edge issues presented by new technologies". Besides Chambers and Legal 500, we are also regularly ranked in IP Stars, Asian Legal
Business, Asialaw Profiles and IFLR 1000.
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ABOUT US
Congratulations on becoming part of the NUS Faculty of Law.
We, Tyto LLC, are a niche litigation and dispute resolution practice focusing on disputes in the infrastructure, construction and engineering industry.
Our firm’s name is derived from the Greek word “tuto” which means “owl”. This is reflected by the “tufts” in the alphabet O in our firm’s logo.
We choose the owl as it is symbolic of the values embraced by our firm namely, the pursuit of knowledge; omniscient persistence; an analytical mind; and the ability to take precise and prompt actions.
These are the qualities every good lawyer must have.
Visit our website to find out more about us; our people and the work we do.
Reach out to us for a chat, we will be happy to introduce you to our firm and some of the best food joints in our neighborhood.
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At Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer we combine the knowledge, experience and energy of our entire business to solve clients’ most complex challenges, wherever and whenever they arise.
For over 275 years we’ve been going further for our clients, breaking new legal ground, establishing new precedents - and giving our clients the tools, advice and reassurance to help them make the right decisions in a rapidly-changing world.
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However businesses plan to grow they need creative problem solving and swift decision-making. We give our clients the confidence to navigate the world’s most ground-breaking transactions, bringing together our teams from around the world so that every base is covered.
We offer unrivalled experience at every stage of the regulatory lifecycle and understand what drives the regulators. Our market-leading teams interrogate the political, economic and legal factors that apply and deliver a solution that works regardless of jurisdiction.
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(+65) 6636 8000 18 ABOUT US
A group of 4 like-minded lawyers had a dream to set up a boutique practice to serve insurers’ legal needs. This dream became reality in the year 2006 when we came together to form United Legal Alliance LLC (ULALLC). As a boutique practice, our focus is on Insurance Law, Civil Litigation and Mediation. ULALLC has grown in stature over the years and we strive to continue offering sound legal advice and comprehensive litigation support to our clients. We have handled several landmark cases that have influenced the insurance landscape in Singapore. We have also assisted insurers in their investigations and successfully defended against fraudulent insurance claims. In this ever-changing legal landscape, we constantly strive to innovate, positioning ourselves to offer the best solution to any dispute. Our dynamic set of lawyers endows ULALLC with the ability to meet these challenges and to satisfy our clients’ legal needs.
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Yuen Law LLC is an award-winning mid-sized law practice founded in 2012.
We are a full-service law firm that provides sound and cost-effective legal advice on commercial, corporate, intellectual property, private wealth and dispute matters.
We aspire to grow in the spirit of excellence by creating a firm culture that is dynamic, inclusive and nurturing. We challenge each other constantly to reach greater heights so that we stay relevant and value-add to our clients. And hey, our clients love us for always putting their needs first!
We are looking for youthful and energetic individuals to join us to better our practice. If you think you have what it takes, sign up for our internship by sending your CV to [email protected]!
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The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is a promotion and development agency for Singapore’s legal industry. SAL works with our stakeholders to set new precedents of excellence in Singapore law through developing thought leadership, world class infrastructure, and legal solutions.
As a body established by statute, SAL also undertakes statutory functions such as stakeholding services and appointment of Senior Counsel, Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public.
SAL is led by a Senate headed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, and comprising the Attorney-General, the Supreme Court Bench and key leaders of the various branches of the legal profession. It has more than 14,000 members, including the Bench, all persons who are called as advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court (i.e. the Bar) or appointed as Legal Service Officers, corporate counsel, faculty members of the three local law schools and foreign lawyers in Singapore.
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Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow is a joint law venture between Baker McKenzie and Wong & Leow LLC, a Singapore law firm. This enables us to advise on both Singapore law issues and cross-border issues. Through Wong & Leow LLC, we have full rights of audience before the Singapore courts.
With broad global coverage and comprehensive local knowledge gained from more than 30 years of operating in Singapore, we offer a unique combination of opportunities to work with clients in Singapore, across Asia and even globally.
Our team includes locally admitted and internationally qualified lawyers who lix local know-how with a global outlook, placing us in an excellent position to provide multinational, regional or domestic advice that is strategic and commercial.
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REMYA. A LAW PRACTICE is a small firm. The sole-proprietor of this firm, Ms Remya, has more than two decades of legal experience. Ms Remya is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Singapore, England & Wales, and India. Ms Remya is an Accredited Mediator at the Singapore CONNECT WITH US Mediation Centre and is a Collaborative Family Practitioner. She is also a trained Parenting Coordinator, Family Justice Courts. Ms Remya [email protected] mediates at the Small Claims Tribunal, State Courts, Singapore.
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Eugene Thuraisingam LLP is a boutique practice specialising in criminal and commercial disputes. An experienced and committed conflict-free team of lawyers, we go straight to the heart of the issue and position our clients’ cases strategically with view to quick, favourable and cost-effective resolution.
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TKQP has a strong reputation for top-quality legal CONNECT WITH US services and frequently garnered plaudits from clients and leading independent directories, including being [email protected] awarded the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards’ Disputes Boutique of the Year 2017 and www. tkqp.com.sg being ranked as a Highly Recommended Firm for Dispute Resolution & Litigation, and Recommend (+65) 6225 9333 Firm for Restructuring & Insolvency by AsiaLaw Profiles. We are also recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as one of the leading firms for Dispute Resolution, and Restructuring and Insolvency. 24
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Gloria James-Civetta & Co is a modern Singapore law firm CONNECT WITH US specialising in Alternative Dispute Resolution. [email protected] Our motto is: ● Sound Advice www.gjclaw.com.sg ● Smart Strategies ● Successful Resolutions (+65) 6337 0469
Our Areas of Practice include Matrimonial, Criminal, Probate and Administration of Estate, Elder Law, Employment, Civil and Commercial matters.
A "Lawyers Go Global” mindset – we work with a strong network of international lawyers to serve our clientele in cross-border matters. 25
ABOUT US The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is a promotion and development agency for Singapore’s CONNECT WITH US legal industry. Our vision is to make Singapore the legal hub of Asia, with more than 14,000 members todate. [email protected] ● SAL’s work crystallised into 4Cs: ○ Creating Knowledge & Know-How sal.org.sg ○ Catalyzing Ideas & Innovation ○ Capability Building ○ Connecting Community
SAL Academy Publishing, formed in 2007, curates and publishes both primary and secondary legal material to nurture the learning environment and catalyse new ideas. Our vision is to build and aggregate Singapore legal literature for the Singapore legal profession.Through our law reports, law books and academic journals, available both via print and online, we aim to:
● disseminate the laws of Singapore to a wider public in the region and internationally; ● provide affordable legal materials to the legal profession; and ● offer an alternative avenue to the academics in our law schools to publish their research, thereby raising awareness of their work and encouraging the exchange of ideas critical to the advancement of legal knowledge and research.
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The End Edited by
Ang Kai Le Ashley Teo Chong Fu Shan
Special thanks to the 17/18 Marketing and Publicity Committee