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The Legal Education Framework for Training and Education (LIFTED) [7] and Specialist Accreditation Scheme [8] are launched by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon at the Opening of Legal Year 2017. The Legal Technology Vision [9] and FLIP [10] are also announced. 2018 – The inaugural TechLaw.Fest is held.
[55] [56] [57] The faculty have also authored various leading texts regularly cited by the courts, such as The Law of Torts in Singapore by Gary Chan [58] and The Law of Contract in Singapore by Goh Yihan et al. In the QS World University Rankings by subject, the school was ranked 101–150 for Law and Legal Studies in 2021 and 90–100 in 2022.
In June 2007, Oates received the Burton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Education at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.; [4] in October 2009 she received the Marjorie Rombauer Award for Contributions to the Teaching of Legal Writing; [5] in October 2012 she received the Tom Holdych Award for Meritorious and Transformational Service, [6] and in 2016 she received ...
The LL.B. programme at NUS Law is a four-year programme. Students take compulsory modules in their first two years and elective modules in their third and fourth years. In terms of exposure to non-law subjects, students may choose to take non-law elective modules offered by other NUS faculties, read for minors outside of law, and take on concurrent or double degree programmes.
The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving legal communication, building the discipline of legal writing, and improving the status of legal writing faculty across the United States. The institute currently has almost 3,000 members; while the bulk of the members are law professors, some of the members ...
Stakeholders in the legal industry have periodically raised concerns about the sustainability of legal practice. On 20 August 2024, the Law Society of Singapore published a guidance note titled "Sustainable Practice Initiative" in which it asserted it was committed to preserving the mental and social well-being of its members in practice. The ...
Most of these classes are asynchronous online courses taught by full time tenured members of the law school faculty. IU McKinney Online courses are available to students in the JD, LLM, and Masters of Jurisprudence programs; and to visiting students earning credits to transfer back to their home institutions. These online offerings include core ...
In the United States, in most law schools students must learn legal writing; the courses focus on: (1) predictive analysis, i.e., an outcome-predicting memorandum (positive or negative) of a given action for the attorney's client; and (2) persuasive analysis, e.g., motions and briefs. Although not as widely taught in law schools, legal drafting ...