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The Honourable Justice Choo Han Teck

Judge of the High Court, Supreme Court of Singapore

Justice Choo Han Teck was appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1995 and a High Court Judge in 2003. His areas of specialty include revenue law, employment issues, tort claims and criminal matters. In recent years, Justice Choo has also dealt with family justice matters.

Justice Choo received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Singapore (renamed as National University of Singapore in 1980) in 1979 and Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge in 1986.

He began his career as a legal assistant in M/s Murphy & Dunbar in 1980, before joining the National University of Singapore as a lecturer in 1984. Four years later, he joined M/s Allen & Gledhill as a partner, and in 1992, moved to M/s Helen Yeo & Partners in the same capacity.

He was also appointed President of the Military Court of Appeal in 2004 and a member of the SAL’s Publication Committee in 2006.

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.

Thio Shen Yi, SC

Joint Managing Partner, TSMP Law Corporation 

Shen Yi read law at St John’s College, Cambridge University, graduating in 1991. He topped the English Bar Examinations and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1993. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008 at 40 and elected a Master Bencher of The Middle Temple in 2016. He served as the President of the Law Society from 2015-2016 and is currently a Board Member of Pro Bono SG.

Shen Yi has consistently been recognised as a top tier disputes lawyer in global journals such as Chambers, IFLR1000, Legal 500, Lexology and Benchmark Litigation. He has been described as a “heavy hitter”, "stellar litigator", "exceptional advocate" and "celebrated as a prominent figure in the arbitration market" for his "outstanding work on major construction, engineering, restructuring and insolvency disputes".

Chan Leng Sun, SC

Duxton Hill Chambers 

Leng Sun is a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Chartered Arbitrator. He is the Deputy Chairman of the SGX Appeals Board, a member of the Securities Industry Council and a delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is formerly the Global Head of Arbitration of an international law firm, President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and President of the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents. He was also Deputy Chairman and a Court member of SIAC. He had also served as a
legal officer of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva.

Leng Sun is a Panel Mediator of SIMC and a Specialist Mediator of the inaugural SCMA-SIMC Maritime Mediators Panel. He is a member of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) Advisory Board. Leng Sun is the author of the book, Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbitration. He is the General Editor of the Singapore Arbitration Journal. He has taught or given lectures at leading law schools, such as National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, Queen Mary University of London, Peking University and Yonsei University.

Leng Sun is qualified in Malaysia, Singapore and England. He was conferred the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore in 2023.

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

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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 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