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Cherished memory of a conversation with professor

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I remember it was in Year Three; I was having a casual conversation with Professor David Smith after we discussed the outline of my research paper. He was just asking me…

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Interaction between LLB and JD students

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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So I think they appeared in our third year. At that point in time, after two years in law school, we were quite comfortable with each other. Some students were more…

Advice for students 3 of 16

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Advice for students

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I recall my days at SMU to be…I remember the students around me were very competitive and it was stressful four years. But I would say to prospective law…

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First job of a SMU law graduate

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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Actually the first job I had was at Rajah & Tann Shipping. I met my employers there through a shipping course that I did during my 4th year. So SMU actually engaged…

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Challenges of pioneer students

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I guess some of the challenges would be not having seniors above us. We didn’t know who to go to when we had difficulty understanding the subject. We only had each…

Student experience 6 of 16

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Student experience

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SMU, in class, one of the assessment components was participation. So that was sometimes 20% of the grade, so we were made to speak up in class. We were made to ask…

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First day of a law student

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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My first day at school was a Tuesday. I remember I was just waiting to go to school, not thinking much about it and on Monday I was just chatting with some people…

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Advise for students

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I think the fact that SMU has a strong emphasis on pro bono work is very important. I also think that many students come into the program, thinking that they want to go…

Interaction between LLB and JD students 9 of 16

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Interaction between LLB and JD students

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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Even within my JD class, we had a range of ages. We had students from 22 to 46 years and that’s a really diverse class. We learnt a lot from each other, I think,…

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Recipient of Kwa Geok Choo School

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I was very thrilled to receive the post-graduate scholarship, the Kwa Geok Choo scholarship. As you know, she was Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew, she was a lawyer herself, she was a…

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Law internships

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I did two major internships, one smaller one. One was with the Attorney General’s Chambers and this was because I was really just wanted to have an insight into…

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First days of a pioneer JD student

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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I think the first semester for most of us passed in a haze of confusion and fear, I would say. Simply because I think being in any new courses is already difficult, but…