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In October 2016, UniSIM informed that the law school has filled all 60 places for its two law programmes, from close to 400 applications. The school accepted 27 applicants for its LLB programme, and 33 for the JD programme. [14] In January 2017, SUSS School of Law started with an initial intake of 60 students. [15]
The School of Law was preceded by the Law Department, which was created in 2000 and part of the university's Lee Kong Chian School of Business which was created at the same time, and headed by Professor Andrew Phang (now Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore). [4] A full-fledged law school was established in 2007—fifty years after the ...
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.
In Singapore, the LLB is an undergraduate degree conferred by three universities: the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore Management University (SMU), and the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). Graduate JD courses are also available at all three law schools. [24]
Similar to other Singapore autonomous universities, both the LLB and JD programmes are recognised degrees under the Singapore Legal Profession Act and qualified persons with a minimum GPA of 3.5 are eligible to sit for the Bar Examination. [58] [59] The school also offers Master of Taxation in collaboration with the Tax Academy of Singapore.
The Juris Magister is the graduate-level professional law degree in China, which is regarded as the counterpart of a Juris Doctor. [104] In fall 2008, the Shenzhen graduate campus of Peking University started the School of Transnational Law, which offers a United States-style education and awards a Chinese Juris Doctor degree. [105]
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To be considered a QP, a person will need to obtain an approved law degree. A list of approved law degrees is set out in the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules, which includes Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees from various universities in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, England, and the United States. [23] [24]