The Singapore Law Review, in conjunction with the NUS Faculty of Law, the Singapore Academy of Law and TS Oon and Bazul, proudly presents the inaugural Singapore Law Review International Writing Symposium: Legal Solutions to Global Problems. If you have what it takes to write an essay and present it to an audience in Singapore for prizes such as USD 3,000, this is your chance! The deadline for submissions is 10 July 2008!
Visit the Competition Website, http://iws.singaporelawreview.org for more details.

The Singapore Law Review (SLR) Writing Competition & Symposium returned in AY 2006/2007 after a brief hiatus. The theme of the Competition was “Legal Developments in a Changing World”. We decided on this broad theme because we wanted to give students the greatest flexibility to write on any topic they wanted, in order to encourage as many students as possible to submit their essays. Well, it worked! We received entries from Law undergraduate, graduate and exchange students. There were so many entries that we had a hard time selecting the …

Can Intellectual Property (IP) ethics be taught? How precarious is the position of home-users now? Do the authorities have the right to monitor what I do in my personal space? How many pieces of music and videos can I download before I cross the threshold of liability?
These topics of discussion were bounced about in the 20th Annual Singapore Law Review Lecture: A Panel Discussion on “Music, Video & Movie File Sharing: Trends & Implications”. The spotlight was thrown on the development of IP law in Singapore, with a particular focus …

The keynote event of the year for the Singapore Law Review, the Singapore Law Review Lecture ended on 29 Mar 2007. The longest running lecture series on Law in Singapore adopted a different approach for this year’s topic: “Music, Video & Movie File Sharing: Trends & Implications”. Featuring a panel discussion for the first time, the packed audience, which not only included students from the Law faculty and NUS, but also from Junior Colleges and other institutes of higher learning, took little time to express their views and direct …

The Singapore Law Review Writing Competition and Symposium 2007 was concluded successfully on 15th February at the Moot Court. We hope those of you who came down enjoyed yourselves. We would also like to thank all entrants for their brilliant essays. We are grateful to our sponsors TS Oon & Bazul for making this exciting event possible. We are proud to announce the winners of the Competition: