Why Choose SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Forward-Looking Education
Through our carefully designed curriculum and unique seminar-style teaching, you will not just become an expert in the law, but also develop into a highly adaptable individual with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to meet the demands of the modern legal and business world. You will understand both time-honoured foundational legal principles and learn to apply them to solve new problems such as those arising from emerging technologies.
Expert Faculty
Our faculty is highly qualified and accomplished, having obtained postgraduate degrees from world renowned universities and bringing with them a wealth of practical experience from past employment in varying leadership roles. In our teaching, we draw on our diverse backgrounds, our cutting-edge research, and our roles in authoring works which are regarded as leading authorities in their fields.
Global Exposure
Through our network of partnerships with law schools and various organisations worldwide, see how law works across borders through the international exchange programme, overseas internships, and law study missions. Debate the law and build connections through our signature International Moots programme.
Promising Career Pathways
Our students have close to full employment soon after graduation and higher average starting salaries than peers from other universities. You will be highly sought after and well-equipped to serve society, whether as a practising lawyer, in another private-sector professional role, or in public service.
In the Heart of Action
Our state-of-the-art building and dynamic city campus make for a vibrant student life outside studies and provide ample opportunities for first-hand active learning. Our strategic proximity to the courts, Parliament, and the CBD allows you to witness how laws are made, how legal disputes are adjudicated, and how laws affect businesses, and to learn experientially through internships with top city law firms.
Shaping The Future of Law – Beyond Intellectual and Geographical Borders
All SMU students are guaranteed a 2nd major. Complementary or contrasting major? You decide! You can also choose to delve deeply into an area of the law with one of our new tracks.
Multi-Disciplinary Curriculum
Learn the fundamentals and much more. The Law-Related Electives allow you to see law in context and learn complementary skills. You will broaden and deepen your knowledge with our curated selection of Law Major Electives and Free Elective opportunities, and put everything together to craft practical solutions with the Law Capstone programme.
Further Opportunities to Specialise
Tailor your educational experience to suit your needs and interests. You can take a broad mix of modules, or pursue depth by pursuing a specialisation track in Corporate Transactions, Law and Technology, or Dispute Resolution. You can also choose from SMU’s many second major programmes, or supplement or deepen your knowledge by taking on a second degree programme.
Beyond the Classroom, Beyond Singapore
See law in its economic, social, and ethical context. You will gain practical experience and a strong sense of values through our internship and pro bono programmes, which form an integral part of the legal education we provide. Through electives with an international focus, as well as overseas exchange, internship, and other learning opportunities, you will gain exposure to the world beyond Singapore.
We will prepare you to excel in the future of legal practice, whichever field you choose to specialise in.
Tomorrow's legal professionals must be intellectually agile, capable of responding to situations we have never seen before. We aim to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and values that will prepare them for the future of legal practice.
Beyond foundational knowledge of the law, you will appreciate how law operates within the broader social, economic, institutional and political environment, how it is situated within various philosophical frameworks and traditions, and how it might respond to new situations across international borders and into the future. You may take your learning even further beyond inter-disciplinary borders by pursuing a double degree or a second major, or by choosing to pursue a specialisation track to gain more in-depth knowledge, industry awareness, and practial skills in a particular field.
Learning at the Yong Pung How School of Law extends beyond the classroom. Our students learn about how the law works in real life through internships with law firms, government bodies, and legal departments in other institutions. Beyond Singapore, students gain global exposure through the international exchange programme, overseas internships, Law Study Missions, and inter-university competitions. Through campus legal clinics run by our Pro Bono Centre, our students learn to see law as not just a practice but a calling while contributing towards the ideal of equal access to justice in society.
Hear From Our Faculty and Students
Postgraduate Programmes
Interested in going beyond an undergraduate degree? Find out more about the Yong Pung How School of Law's range of postgraduate programmes to see how you can extend your SMU journey even further.
Our Faculty
Our faculty are leading researchers and teachers who also have a heart for mentorship and service. They bring decades of solid experience and industry knowledge to the classroom in SMU.
Student Life
With more than 150 student clubs and organisations on campus, there's always something to do! Student life at SMU is rich and vibrant, whether you dedicate your time within your School community or stretch out into the wider SMU community.
