Nick Chiam Prize for the Top Student in IT and the Law

Established in 2025, the Nick Chiam Prize for the Top Student in IT and the Law is to motivate exceptional students at the University and spur them to greater heights of academic excellence. It will provide recognition to the top student at the Yong Pung How School of Law (“YPHSL”) in the IT and the Law (or any successor or equivalent course) offered by YPHSL.

• The top student shall be a full-time undergraduate student at the YPHSL of the University.
• The Prize will be awarded to the top student at the YPHSL in the IT and the Law course (or any successor or equivalent course) offered by YHPSL.
• The Prize will only be given if there is a candidate of sufficient merit.

• Cash Prize S$2,000
• The Prize shall be granted at the University-level ceremony or at such other time or event at the discretion of the University. 

Recipient will be determined by YPHSL.

For Application Enquiry:

Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg

For Award Enquiry:

Mr Kenneth LIANG
Yong Pung How School of Law
Email: kennethliang@smu.edu.sg

Nick Chiam is an alumnus of the Singapore Management University (SMU), having graduated in 2017 within the top 10% of his LLB cohort. He was awarded the Tan Keng Feng Prize for Top Student in Jurisprudence and the Tan Boon Teik Prize for Top Student in Constitutional & Administrative Law. He was also the recipient of the Kwa Geok Choo Undergraduate Scholarship, Wee Chong Jin Scholarship in Law, and the WongPartnership LLP Scholarship in Law.

Nick is currently a Singapore-qualified lawyer with expertise in intellectual property, technology, and cyber/data matters. Nick also regularly teaches at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law as an Adjunct Faculty / Lecturer, specialising in the intersection of legal theory, philosophy, ethics, and social responsibility. He routinely serves on volunteer committee(s) of the Law Society of Singapore, amongst other pro bono projects.

Having been a beneficiary of financial aid during his undergraduate studies, Nick appreciates how giving can concretely improve the day-to-day life of a student-beneficiary. Through this Award, Nick hopes to empower students to pursue excellence in the study (and subsequent practice) of technology law regardless of their financial background, and to encourage students to develop a vision of law that promotes human dignity, justice and flourishing in an increasingly technologised world.