Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This programme offers students the opportunity to become a lawyer of excellence and a leader in the legal profession. It is a meritorious honours programme. On successful completion, students will be awarded the degree accordingly, depending on their overall performance: J.D. (merit), J.D. (high merit), J.D. cum laude (with distinction), J.D. magna cum laude (with high distinction) or J.D. summa cum laude (with highest distinction). Students would qualify for legal practice in Singapore (admitted as Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore) if they have attained a GPA of at least 3.00 in the courses leading to the J.D. degree, and have completed the Postgraduate Practical Law Course and a six-month training contract with a law firm. The curriculum is designed to be completed in three years but the programme may be accelerated in some cases for completion within two years subject to the approval of the J.D. Committee, which will take into consideration their first term's exam grades.

Modul program

The courses include for University Core Courses: Analytical Skills (0.5 course unit), Creative Thinking (0.5 course unit), Business, Government and Society, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Leadership and Team Building, Technology and World Change; Law Core Courses: Commercial Conflict of Laws, Comparative Legal Systems, Constitutional and Administrative Law (1.5 course unit), Contract Law 1, Contract Law 2, Corporate Law, Criminal Law (1.5 course unit), Economic Analysis of Law, Law and Regulation, Law of Business Organisations, Law of Equity and Trusts (1.5 course unit), Law of Evidence and Civil Procedure (1.5 course unit), Law of Property (1.5 course unit), Law of Torts (1.5 course unit), Legal Research and Writing, Legal System, Legal Method and Analysis, Legal Theory and Philosophy; Law Electives (Students must complete five law electives): Advocacy, Banking Law, Chinese Contract Law, Chinese Foreign Investment Law, Comparative Law of Sales, Complex International Litigation, Competition Law, Corporate Crime, Corporate Insolvency Law, Family Law, Financial and Securities Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment Law and Practice, Information Technology and the Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International and Comparative Criminal Justice, International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercialisation of Intellectual Property, International Moots, International Patent Law and Policy, Islamic Commercial Law, Jurisprudence: Modern and Critical Theories of Law, Law and Development, Law and Policy of Ethnic Relations in Singapore, Law of Confidential Information, Trade Secrets and Privacy, Law of Mergers and Acquisitions, Negotiation and Mediation for Lawyers, Personal Property, Public International Law, Shipping and Admiralty Law, Trade and Investment Law, Transportation Law; Law-related Compulsory courses: Business Subjects - Financial Accounting and Finance for Law, General Education - Introduction to Physical Science; Introduction to Asian Modern History, Politics and Economics; Global and Regional Studies - Law Study Mission; Career Skills - Finishing Touch (0.5 course unit) and Work and Family (0.5 course unit).

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students must have at least a cum laude or second class upper honours degree qualification, or an equivalent level of achievement. They must show proficiency in the English language. A TOEFL or SAT 1 test is required if the medium of instruction in the applicant's undergraduate education was not in English. They must have obtained a minimum combined score of 1400 for both critical reading and writing components of the SAT I Test.

Kualifikasi

Doktor (S3)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Singapore Management University (SMU)