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Associate Professor HO PENG VOL. 08 ISSUE 01 JAN - JUN 2009 ISSN: 0219-6441 LawLinkThe Alumni Magazine of the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law aLAWmnus Feature: Mr Jeffrey Chan SC ’73 Mr David Chong SC ’84 Mr Francis Xavier SC ’88 Mr Ang Cheng Hock SC ’95 Cover Story Senior Minister of State (Ministry of Law & Ministry of Home Affairs) Associate Professor HO PENG KEE ’79 A word from the Editor CONTENTS Building Bonds Dean’s Message 1 Law School Highlights y law class graduated in 1985 and the bulk of us were called to the Singapore Bar in early 1986. I remember there was a recession in Singapore then. I Donors’ List 2 Mam grateful to Mr Woo Tchi Chu ’68 of Robert Wang & Woo LLC, who Class of ’86 Bennett Lam Scholarship 2 gave me my first job in legal practice. I was pleased to meet Mr Woo after so many Awards Tea Reception years, at the law school’s Donors Appreciation Dinner (page 3) and he still looked Appreciation Dinner for the Benefactors 3 evergreen. of the NUS Faculty of Law Alumni of our law school do much for our students and young graduates. Year 6th Professorial Lecture - 4 after year, the whole graduating class (those who plan to enter the legal profession) Professor Stanley Yeo ’76 manage to secure their pupillage positions very early in their 4th year. There is an Visit by Chief Justice of India 4 excellent plan being rolled out a good two years before the students even reach their HKU-NUS-SMU Symposium 5 final year. The Law Careers Fair, organized by the Law Club, is held in February every year. When I walk around the booths, I meet many alumni who return to 22nd Singapore Law Review Lecture 6 their alma mater to show interest, on behalf of their firms or the Legal Service, to Alumni Reunion in Hong Kong 7 recruit our students. Overseas Internship – 8 Then there are the various internship opportunities in law firms, legal and other Baker & McKenzie, London departments of organizations and government authorities that are taken up by APCEL Conference 9 our law students during their vacation. The initial contact to seek the internship Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law 18 position is usually made through one of our law alumni. Graduation Ceremony It is surely a “win-win” situation, because of the early exposure of the firms and Law IV Musical 2008- 18 organizations as potential employers, and our young and bright as future talent to The Perfect Wedding join the legal fraternity. AsianSIL Young Scholars Workshop 19 We acknowledge the help and support we receive from alumni who return to law school for a host of reasons, for example, to give talks or conduct moots training. aLAWmnus Feature We also deeply appreciate our donors, both individuals and corporate donors, who 4 Senior Counsels 10 continue to support the law school. Thank you for all for your - Jeffrey Chan ’73 big hearts and remembering your alma mater in both good - David Chong Gek Sian ’84 and bad times. - Francis Xavier ’88 It leaves me now to thank the team of writers and - Ang Cheng Hock ’95 contributors of this issue and Christopher Bartholomeusz Cover Story – for his administrative support. I would also like to thank Senior Minister of State 14 Associate Dean Goh Mia Yang ’92 for her guidance and Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee ’79 advice, and our legal managers team who helped to arrange Reflections of a ’84-er Agnes Sng 27 for submission of the various articles. Happy reading! Class Reunions 20th Anniversary Reunion of Class of ’88 12 10th Anniversary Reunion of Class of ’98 17 Joyce Khoo-Phua ’85 Class of ’83 Gathering 25 Editor Associate Director Alumni Relations and Development Faculty Features Professor Stephen Darryl Girvin 20 Assistant Professor David Tan 21 Faculty Update 22 Visiting Professors 24 ClassAction Upcoming Reunion Events 25 Happy “Niu” Year “Lou Yu Sheng” - The Administrative Team at the Thrilled by Santa’s visit - January 2009 Faculty of Law December 2008 ClassAction 26 LawLink - NUS Faculty of Law News from Office of Alumni Relations 469G Bukit Timah Road Eu Tong Sen Building Singapore 259776. Shaw Foundation Alumni House 28 website : www.law.nus.edu.sg/alumni Law Faculty Sculpture 29 We want to hear from you, please contact us at: email : [email protected] • tel : (65) 6516 3616 • fax : (65) 6779 0979 Update your personal particulars at: www.law.nus.edu.sg/alumni/update_particulars.asp Design & Production by Brownsea Services (S) Pte Ltd [ Dean’s Message ] t the end of May 2010, I will complete my third term as Dean. At that point, I will have been a part of the law school’s management Afor almost 14 years, first as Vice-Dean from 1996 and Dean from 1 May 2001. Although I have enjoyed leading a great law school, it is time for renewal; a time for someone with new energy and fresh ideas to take the law school to the next level. I am therefore very pleased to announce that the university has established a Dean Search Committee for the law school. The committee is chaired by Vice-Provost Lai Choy Heng who was a former Dean of Science. The other members of the committee are Professor Tommy Koh, Professor Lim Pin (a former Vice-Chancellor), Professor Ten Chin Liew (a well-known philosopher), Professor Jeffrey Pinsler and Associate Professor Tang Hang Wu, both members of the law school’s academic faculty. The committee is canvassing widely for potential candidates and it is my hope that we will have a shortlist of perhaps 5 or 6 local and international candidates for the position. “More recently, the support from you, our alumni and friends, has been crucial in providing the law school with the necessary resources to compete effectively with the other great law schools of the world. ” As I reflect upon the last few years, and as many of you have said to me, the law school has developed incredibly. A large part of the reason for this is of course the strong foundation laid by previous Deans of the school. More recently, the support from you, our alumni and friends, has been crucial in providing the law school with the necessary resources to compete effectively with the other great law schools of the world. I am often struck by the warm and generous support from many of you and as I write this message I have in front of me a letter from a “proud” alumnus volunteering to tutor at the law school without any remuneration. I thank all of you for being good friends of the law school during my Deanship. The contents in each issue of LawLink provide a nice snapshot of what the law school has been up to in the last 6 months and this issue is no exception. As you can see, we have had a (typical) good and productive half year. New colleagues have joined the law school (of whom 2 are featured), many distinguished visitors have taught here, lectures and conferences were organized, our students and alumni are doing well, we continue to strengthen our relationship with our alumni community, and scholarship – the life blood of any academic institution – continues to thrive. continued next page LawLink 1 [ Dean’s Message / Law School Highlights ] Another barometer of our strong international reputation is in the growing number of academic delegations that want to visit the law school to learn from our experience and who invite us to their institutions to work with them to strengthen Law School their curriculum and pedagogy. As a global law school, our international engagements now take up so much time that I recently appointed Professor Amirthalingam Kumaralingam as Benefactors Vice-Dean of International Programmes. Kumar used to oversee AUGUST to DECEMBER 2008 the Student Exchange Programme and is thus well placed to manage this larger portfolio. His addition to the decanal team will strengthen the law school’s management team. DEAN’S CIRCLE – ABOVE $1,000 APAA Book Prize On a sadder note, I Asian Patent Attorneys Association $1,000 remember Lo Hwei Yen Asia-Pacific Centre For Environmental Law (APCEL) from the Class of 2003. Lye Lin Heng, Irene ’73 $1,000 She was an intelligent and Centre for International Law bubbly young woman Koh Thong Bee Tommy ’61 $3,500 who lived life with gusto. Class of 1986 Bennett Lam Scholarship Fund In fact she was at the law Mansurhusain Akbar Hussien ’86 $1,000 school a few weeks before Class of 1987 Bursary the incident in Mumbai to Lim Wan Peng ’87 $2,000 speak to students in the CLE General Purpose Donation Account Aviation Law course. She Norton Rose (Asia) LLP $3,000 liked our new campus and was proud of the law school. We too Law Society of Singapore Book Prizes are proud of her and share the loss of a young and beautiful The Law Society of Singapore $1,500 person’s life cut short. In her memory, I want to share a photo Lee Sheridan Legal Education Fund that she took with me at her Commencement that her husband, Allen & Gledhill LLP $1,200 Michael Puhaindran ’96, sent to me. I’m sure this is how she Colin Ng & Partners LLP $3,000 would want us to remember her. Drew & Napier LLC $3,000 KhattarWong $3,000 I wish all of you the very best in the months ahead and hope that Mohan s/o Reviendran Pillay ’85 $9,120 by the time the next issue of LawLink reaches you the economic Rajah & Tann LLP $4,800 climate will at least have stabilized if not improved.
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