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JLP - Fireside Chat with Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon – “The Art of Appellate Advocacy”

Date & Time: 15 April 2026 (15 April: 10.00am - 11.30am)
Venue: SAL, Marina 1,2 & 3, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

At the second Legal Profession Symposium, the Chief Justice stated that amendments would be introduced to the Supreme Court Practice Directions to provide junior litigators with a greater role in oral advocacy: “Among other things, for criminal appeals in the General Division of the High Court (or "General Division") and all hearings before the Appellate Division, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Three Judges, junior assisting counsel will now be “ordinarily expected” to make part of the oral submissions."

Join us for an exclusive 1.5-hour conversation with Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon as he shares unique insights into the craft of appellate advocacy — from persuasive written submissions to impactful oral advocacy. Whether you’re an aspiring junior counsel, a seasoned litigator, or simply passionate about the art of advocacy, this is your chance to hear first-hand from the Chief Justice on what truly makes an advocate effective at the appellate level.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the principles, techniques, and evolving expectations in appellate advocacy.
2. Identify practical strategies for counsel to deliver persuasive oral and written appellate submissions.
3. Appreciate the judiciary’s perspective on effective advocacy at the appellate level.

This Fireside Chat is complimentary for all JLP Participants and Registrants (ie, lawyers who have signed up for or have attended at least one JLP module / the JLP Opening Conference). Please click here to register if you are a JLP Particpant / Registrant.

Usual Price: SGD 87.20

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CPD

CPD Points: TBC

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Programme Overview

9.30am - 10 am	Registration
10am - 1130am	Fireside Chat with Chief Justice: The Art of Appellate Advocacy. Discussion areas will include: (a) Expanding the role of junior lawyers and how junior lawyers can prepare themselves and embrace the new opportunities(b) What amounts to effective oral and written appellate advocacy(c) What distinguishes appellate advocacy from other forms of advocacy such as trial advocacy and application advocacy(d) Ethical issues arising in appeals
11.30am - 12.30pm	Networking and Lunch Reception

Speakers

The Honourable The Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on 6 November 2012.

Chief Justice Menon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1986 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1991. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1987, and as an attorney and counsellor-at-law in New York in 1992.

After he was called to the Bar in Singapore, he practised with major local and international law firms, primarily as an advocate, in the fields of commercial litigation and arbitration, construction law and insolvency law. From 2006 to 2007, he served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008. In 2010, he was appointed the 6th Attorney-General of Singapore, a post he relinquished in 2012 shortly before his appointment as a Judge of Appeal. He was appointed to the Presidential Council for Minority Rights upon his appointment as Attorney-General in 2010 and was later appointed as its Chairman in 2012, upon his appointment as Chief Justice.

Between 2012 and 2020, Chief Justice Menon served on the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and he also served as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services from 2021 to March 2024.

He is also an elected member of the American Law Institute, an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in England and the President of the Singapore Academy of Law. Chief Justice Menon was conferred the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Western Australia in 2022 for his services to the law and by the National University of Singapore in 2024 for his outstanding service to the practice and adjudication of law. In 2024, he was also awarded the White & Case Distinguished Jessup Alumni Award.

Chief Justice Menon is married with three children.

Leow Jiamin

Deputy Director (Legal Faculty), Singapore Academy of Law

Leow Jiamin is a Deputy Director (Legal Faculty) in the Learning and Professional Development Cluster of the Singapore Academy of Law. She joined SAL in April 2025 and gained her qualifications in adult education from the Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) in May 2025.

Prior to joining SAL, Jiamin was a disputes resolution Partner at WongPartnership LLP and handled a wide range of Court and arbitration matters ranging from commercial and corporate disputes, cross border disputes, fraud, asset recovery, to intellectual property disputes. Being fluent in business and legal Mandarin, she also regularly acted for Mandarin-speaking and Chinese clients.

As a junior lawyer, Jiamin spent a number of years at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, handling both contentious (from intellectual property to general disputes before both the High Court and Court of Appeal) and non-contentious matters, and was mentioned in Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) in 2019 as well as IAM Patent 1000 (Singapore) in 2020.

She regularly speaks at conferences, teaches at universities, and contributes to various industry publications in respect of emerging issues in Singapore law. These include contributing to the Asian Business Law Institute’s ABLI-SAL Cryptoasset Series - Cryptoassets and Civil Procedure Law (Singapore edition) and moderating the panel on Resolving A.I. and Technology Disputes at the TechLaw.Fest 2024.

Jiamin was called to the Singapore Bar in 2015, placing Joint-4th in the Bar Examinations 2014 (of 667 candidates), and was awarded a distinction in Intellectual Property Law as well as the SILE top student prize in Family Law. In addition to her legal credentials, she holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering), reflecting her multidisciplinary expertise.

Other Information

SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: (TBC)

Practice Area: Ethics Component

Training Level: General

SILE Attendance Policy

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

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