In 1984, the Editorial Board launched the Singapore Law Review Lecture Series at the Law Faculty. The Lecture serves to promote the objectives of the Review in creating an awareness of current legal issues, as well as to promote legal thinking and discussion amongst law students. However, the Lecture is well attended not only by law students, but also members of the Bench and the Bar. The Review hopes to develop the tradition of public lecturing by luminaries in the legal field through this lecture series, which is made possible through the kind sponsorship of local law firms.

For enquiries on the SLR Lecture, please email us at queries@singaporelawreview.org.

History of Speakers

2011 — Mr. Richard Magnus, Chairman, Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, “Not a Game of Chance?”
2008 — Professor Walter Woon, Attorney-General of Singapore, “Crime and Punishment: the Problems of Sentencing”
2007 — Panel discussion, “Music, Video & Movie File Sharing: Trends and Implications”
– Prof Lim Chin Leng, “”From Constructive Engagement to Collective Revulsion: the Myanmar Precedent of 2007″
2006 — Tun Dato’ Sri Ahmad Fairuz bin Dato’ Sheikh Abdul Halim, Chief Justice of Malaysia, “Recent Developments in Malaysia’s Constitutional Law”
2005 — Mr Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of ASEAN, “ASEAN and the 3 L’s (Leaders, Legal Persons, and Laymen)”
2004 — Professor Simon Tay, “The Singapore-Malaysian relationship: the future roles of international law”
2003 — Singapore Ambassador to the UN, Mr Kishore Mahbubani, “Does the UN Security Council enhance or undermine international law?”
2002 — Rt. Hon. Tan Sri dato’ Seri Mohamed Dzaiddin bin Hj. Abdullah, Chief Justice of Malaysia, “Trial and appellate courts – a Malaysian perspective”
2001 — Judicial Commissioner Choo Han Teck, “The termination of non viable life”
1999 — Professor HP Lee, “A tale of two entities – parliament and judiciary”
1998 — Judge of Appeal, Justice LP Thean, “The enforcement of a performance bond: the perspective of the underlying contract”
1997 — Professor Gerald Dworkin, “Intellectual property rights: What are the appropriate terms of protection”
1996 — (Then) Mr Chan Sek Keong, Attorney General, “Criminal process – the Singapore model”
1995 — Justice MPH Rubin, “Standard of proof relating to sufficiency of evidence at criminal trials: mental gymnastics since Haw Tua Tau”
1993 — (Then) Judicial Commissioner Judith Prakash, “Division of property and maintenance of post-divorce – current legal issues”
1992 — Professor Tommy Thong-Bee Koh, “The earth summit’s negotiating process: some reflections on the art and science of negotiation”
1989 — (Then) Judicial Commissioner Chao Hick Tin, “Ex parte applications: full and frank disclosure”
1988 — Mr Koh Eng Tian, (then) Solicitor General, “Lawyers and literature”
1987 — Mr Tan Boon Teik, (then) Attorney General, “Judicial review”
1986 — Professor R H Hickling, “Breaking the apron strings”
1985 — Professor S Jayakumar, “Making the United Nations law of the sea”
1984 — (The Late) Justice Punch Coomaraswamy, “The perils of drafting”