On 2 March, SMU announced the appointment of a 13-member Advisory Board to provide strategic advice and guidance to the Deanery of the new School of Law. With Mr Yong at the helm, the board also includes other prominent members of the Singapore Judiciary, as well as Senior Counsels and senior partners of law firms. Mr Yong has also been appointed Distinguished Fellow of the School of Law. By engaging the support of such an eminent team of legal professionals, SMU is laying the groundwork necessary to achieve its aim of developing law graduates who have a contextualized and practice-oriented understanding of the business world.

“The School of Law at SMU, being a new institution, has the advantage of developing a different and unique positioning to respond to the changing needs of lawyers in legal practice in Singapore and the region.”