SSG Funding & Training Pledge Privileges

JLP - Application Advocacy

Date & Time: 28-29 January 2026
28 January: 9.00am - 6.00pm

29 January: 9.00am - 5.30pm
Venue: SAL, Marina 3, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

Disputes


Get equipped with essential skills to effectively prepare for and argue applications in court.

 

This is an SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: 14.5 
Day 1: 7.5 Public CPD Points
Day 2: 7 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 1.5 Public MEC Points)
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Training Level: General

 

If you are NOT using any SkillsFuture Credit and/or Funding, register for this Module by clicking  the “Add to Cart” button below.

 

If you are using SkillsFuture Credit and/or Funding, click here: 

(A) SkillsFuture Funding (for both self-funded and company-funded participants)

This training programme is subsidised by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).  Course Fee Funding and Training Allowance / Absentee Payroll are available to both self-funded and company-funded participants. 

(B) SkillsFuture Credit (for self-funded participants only)

All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can utilise their SkillsFuture Credit from the government to cover a wide range of approved skills-related courses. You can explore available courses on the MySkillsFuture website. Self-funded participants will also enjoy 3 free modules from SAL for every 3 modules paid. Email [email protected] to registser for the free modules. 

 

Organisations who sign the Training Pledge enjoy the following benefits
Our Training Pledge is an invitation to the legal community to join us in building a future-ready profession. By signing the pledge, law firms and in-house legal teams commit to investing in the professional development of their lawyers. Firms/legal teams who sign the Training Pledge can enjoy:

1. JLP Multiple Enrolment Offer:  Every 5th participant can enrol in JLP for free with every 4 paying participants (all 5 participants need not attend in the same year, and may attend in subsequent years)

2. (Signed before 30 April 2025 only) Discounts on Selected SAL Training Workshops (excluding JLP modules):  Enjoy a 10% discount on selected training workshops until 31 December 2026. The unique discount code will be shared with the firm after the pledge signing.

 



CPD Points : 14.5

CPD SF
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Day 1

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM 

Welcome and Overview

9:30 AM – 11.00 AM

Good Application Advocacy  

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Tea Break 

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Written Advocacy 

12:45 PM -01:45 PM

Lunch Break 

01.45 PM - 03:45 PM

Drafting Application Papers - Preparation (Part 1) 

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

Tea Break

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Drafting Application Papers – Assessment (Part 2)

 

Day 2

9:00 AM –10:30 AM

Ethical Considerations

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Tea Break

10.45 AM - 12:45 PM

Preparing Skeleton Argument

12:45 PM -01:45 PM

Lunch Break

01:45 PM – 04:45 PM

Mock Jurisdiction Challenge Application

04:45 PM – 05:30 PM

Wrap-Up and Q&A

 

The Honourable Justice Lee Seiu Kin
Senior Judge, Supreme Court

 

Justice Lee Seiu Kin’s career spans law, engineering, and technological innovation. He was a civil engineer in Singapore’s Public Works Department before transitioning to law in 1987 after obtaining an LLB from NUS and LLM from Cambridge University. In the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), he served as State Counsel, spearheaded the AGC’s digital transformation, and conceptualized the influential LawNet legal research platform.During Justice Lee’s 23-year judicial career, first as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, then Judge, he presided over complex commercial disputes involving construction, intellectual property, and IT. He was also involved in the development of LawNet and the Supreme Court’s Electronic Litigation System. As chairman of the SAL Legal Cluster, he oversaw SAL initiatives in promoting legal technology. 

 

Justice Lee retired in 2024 and is presently a Senior Judge, hearing cases in the High Court on a part-time basis. He is a resident of The Arbitration Chambers and undertakes arbitrations, mediations and other modes of alternative dispute resolution. His extensive expertise in engineering, science and technology makes him particularly suited for resolving disputes in these domains.

 

Goh Yi Han, SC 
Deputy Attorney-General

 

Mr Goh Yihan, SC, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law in 2006 as the valedictorian and obtained his Master of Laws from Harvard University in 2010. Mr Goh was called to the Singapore Bar in 2011 and was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2021.

 

He served as a Justices’ Law Clerk and subsequently as Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2008.

 

Mr Goh joined the NUS Faculty of Law in 2008 and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2011. He joined the Singapore Management University (SMU) Yong Pung How School of Law in 2014 as an Associate Professor of Law and was appointed Dean in 2017. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Law in 2019.

 

On 1 July 2022, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023.

 

He was appointed and assumed office as Deputy Attorney-General on 1 January 2025.

Gan Kam Yuin

Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court

District Judge

 

Kam Yuin graduated from the National University of Singapore and maintained an active practice for more than 27 years before entering the Judicial Service in 2019. Her strong background as a practitioner has enriched her time at the Supreme Court.

 

During her years at the Bar, Kam Yuin practised mainly in commercial litigation and civil dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. She was lead counsel in a wide range of matters at all levels of the Singapore judicial system, including the Court of Appeal and the Singapore International Commercial Court. In addition, she undertook advisory and drafting work for clients from diverse industries and backgrounds.

 

Believing that a great deal of learning takes place in the spaces between us, Kam Yuin welcomes opportunities to engage with young lawyers and encourage them in the acquisition of the good foundational skills needed for a long and rewarding career at the Bar.

Blossom Hing, SC
Director, Dispute Resolution; Co-Head, Corporate Restructuring & Workouts, Drew & Napier

Blossom was appointed Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of Singapore in 2025.  She focuses on complex litigation and international arbitration as well as restructuring and insolvency (“R&I”) work. She has an international outlook and works extensively with parties based in Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, United States of America, Europe, as well as Singapore.

 

Blossom’s disputes practice includes corporate commercial disputes, shareholder and derivative actions, trust claims, crypto-related claims, as well as insolvency related claims.  She is engaged in trial and appellate advocacy before the Singapore High Court, Appellate Division and Court of Appeal.  She also appears as counsel in international arbitration (SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, AIAC, and IICRA). Blossom is on the SIAC and HIAC panels of arbitrators and is regularly appointed to sit as an arbitrator. She is a member of the court of arbitration of the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD) and a council member of the ICC Institute. 

 

Blossom also has an active cross-border R&I practice.  In 2024, Blossom received a global award from Lexology Index and was named its R&I Lawyer of the Year and a Thought Leader Global Elite. She also made it to The Legal 500 Asia Pacific’s Hall of Fame for R&I.  Blossom was also identified as one of the top 15 female lawyers in Asia by Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) in 2024

 

Blossom was recognised as Litigator of the Year in Southeast Asia in both 2021 and 2023 ALB Women in Law Awards. She was also one of Asia’s top 50 most highly recommended arbitration and litigation practitioners in ALB’s Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers in 2021. Earlier in 2020, she won the Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) in the 2020 ALB SE Asia Law Awards.

 

Blossom has been consistently recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, asialaw Leading Lawyers, asialaw Profiles, and Best Lawyers International for her dispute resolution and R&I work.

Foo Chee Hock

 

  • The first Dean of the Singapore Judicial College, Supreme Court of Singapore;

  • Adjunct Professor in NUS teaching a course entitled, "Reform of Civil Procedure";

  • Appointed Senior Counsel in 2019;

  • Served almost 40 years in the then Legal Service of Singapore;

  • Formerly, Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore; and

  • Formerly, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Calvin Liang

Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice)

 

Calvin’s areas of expertise are commercial and criminal disputes, as well as regulatory matters. He is engaged by domestic and international law firms, States/ Government-linked entities, financial institutions, corporations and lay clients.  He has been recognised as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region with legal directories noting his “sharp legal acumen”, “extensive experience”, and “practical, thoroughand concise” style. In various judgments, the Singapore Courts have noted his “robust advocacy” and “detailed and helpful submissions.”

 

In international arbitration, he has acted as lead counsel and co-counsel alongside local and international law firms in joint venture disputes, cross-examining witnesses and experts on detailed, industry-specific issues and complex questions of valuation. He has obtained an award of around US$30 million relating to the Foreign Exchange Management Act (India), acted for an ASEAN State in a dispute with a utilities concession-holder, and represented a multinational telco in an investor-state dispute worth over US$5 billion. His cases have involved sectors including digital banking, infrastructure projects, steel manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods.

 

As counsel before the Singapore Courts, he has successfully acted in the leading cases on the enforcement of interim measures granted by arbitral tribunals, cross-border injunctions, minority shareholders’ rights and the doctrine of abuse of process. Some examples include shareholders’ disputes and multi-jurisdictional fraud cases involving oil rigs in Mexican waters, an online trading platform, the Belt And Road Initiative and over US$2 billion worth of art.

 

Additionally, in the area of white-collar crime, Calvin has advised on corporate investigations and has acted for the finance manager of a megachurch in one of Singapore’s longest criminal trials. The High Court commended his “well-researched submissions” in a private sector corruption case.

 

Calvin taught Public Law at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. An article he co-authored in this area has been favourably cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia.

 

Before joining private practice, he was a Justices’ Law Clerk and Assistant Registrar in the Supreme Court of Singapore. Apart from the law, Calvin loves Arsenal FC, his wife, two daughters and dog, Rosa Barks.

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

 

Jiamin joined SAL in April 2025 and gained her qualifications in adult education from the Institute of Adult Learning (IAL) in May 2025.

K Gopalan
Consultant, Ethics & Professional Development, Singapore Academy of Law

  • Formerly Director and Head of Department, Regulatory Department, Law Society of Singapore (2013 to 2023)

  • Duties included leading a team of 5 lawyers and 2 paralegals, overseeing compliance with Part VII of the Legal Profession Act, Disciplinary Proceedings against Advocates & Solicitors, compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules, managing Compensation Fund claims, managing the Professional Indemnity Insurance Scheme for legal practitioners, overseeing inadequate professional service complaints against practitioners, generally conduct and discipline of lawyers.

  • Also conducted courses, seminars and talks  for practitioners on Professional Responsibility and Compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules

  • Facilitator, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, SILE (2015 to 2024)

  • Private Legal Practice (1980 to 2013) principally in Civil Litigation. Real Estate Law, Family Law & Probate Practice and Insurance Law

  • IRAS officer from 1978 to 1980

Simran Toor

Consultant, Singapore Academy of Law

 

Simran Toor is a consultant at the Singapore Academy of Law. With a career spanning over two decades, she has established herself as an experienced and impactful advocate for her clients, and a thought leader for gender equality.

 

Simran began her legal journey as a criminal prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore. Thereafter, as a disputes partner at WongPartnership LLP, Simran specialised in white-collar and financial crime, regulatory investigations, and prosecution work for government bodies. She played a pivotal role in the in numerous complex litigation cases, and provided strategic advice in many high-profile matters, and co-authored  several chapters in prominent legal publications, including the Chambers White-Collar Crime 2021 guide and the Chambers Anti-Corruption Law and Practice guide.

 

Simran’s commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive legal community is evident in her numerous roles and contributions.

 

She served as an elected member of the Council of the Law Society of Singapore for 12 years, where she championed access to justice issues and equitable treatment for women lawyers. In 2019, she co-founded the Women in Practice Committee. As Co-Chairperson, she spearheaded initiatives to support women in law, and to combat bullying and harassment within the legal profession.

 

In 2022, Simran was appointed the first CEO of SG Her Empowerment (SHE), a non-profit organisation dedicated to tackling gender inequality and empowering women in the digital age. Under her leadership, SHE launched initiatives to support victims of online harm, harassment, and non-consensual image sharing, and undertook crucial research to advocate for policy change.

 

Simran sits on the boards of KidStart Singapore Limited, a Government organisation that provides help and support to help underprivileged children under the age of 6 thrive, and I Love Children, an charity that advocates for better fertility awareness in Singapore. She has also contributed to the Birthday Book, a collection of essays by Singaporean thought leaders, on the topic of unconscious gender bias.  

SILE Accredited CPD Activity

Total Number of Public CPD points: 14.5 
Day 1: 7.5 Public CPD Points
Day 2: 7 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 1.5 Public MEC Points)
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Training Level: General

SILE Attendance Policy

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, participants are reminded to sign in on arrival and sign out at the conclusion of each day of the event in the manner required by the organiser. Participants must not be absent from each day of the event for more than 15 minutes. Participants who attend Day 1 and comply strictly with the Attendance Policy on that day may obtain 7.5 Public CPD Points. Participants who attend Day 2 and comply strictly with the Attendance Policy on that day may obtain 7 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 1.5 Public MEC Points). Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy on any particular day of the event will not be able to obtain CPD Points for that day. Please refer to http://www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

Category of Individuals

Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents

Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above

SME-sponsored local employees (i.e. Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents)

Funding Source

SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)

SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy

SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs

Course Price

Course Fee

$1,600

$1,600

SkillsFuture Funding 

$800

$1,120

Total Nett Fee

$800 

$480

GST of Course Fee (9% x $1,600)

$144

$144 

Total Fee Payable to SAL

(including 9% GST)

$944 

$624 

* Please ensure SME declaration has been completed prior to registration.

* Please note all funding from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) is subjected to approval from SkillsFuture Singapore and subjected to meeting SkillsFuture Singapore terms and conditions.

 

*Assessment
Participants (self- or company-sponsored) who apply for Singapore SkillsFuture (SSG) Funding are required to complete an assessment at the end of the course. Those who do not pass the assessment will be liable to pay SAL the amount of SSG Funding received. 

 

For enquiries related to this event, please email [email protected]

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