Dear members, The UKSLSS, in partnership with OSU and the Singaporean Young Professionals Network, are pleased to invite you to an evening with Professor Walter Woon, SC and David Marshall Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, NUS. This invitation is extended to all Singaporean students (both law and non-law) and young professionals in the UK. Refreshments will be provided at the event. Date: Thursday, 16 October 2014 Time: 6.30 pm registration, for 7 pm start Venue: York Suite, Royal Garden Hotel (2-24 Kensington High Street. London W8 4PT) Please complete this registration form if you would like to attend: https://docs.google/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGNNTGo5VjNldy1QUi1YX0UzN3hoMXc6MA We highly encourage all members to attend and look forward to seeing you there! Best Regards, Cheryl Teo President UKSLSS *** Professor Woon is currently David Marshall Professor at the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore. He is concurrently Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education and Deputy Chairman of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. He is also the President of the Society for International Law Singapore (SILS); an Executive Committee Member of the Asian Society of International Law (Asian SIL); President of the Goethe Institute Society of Singapore; and an Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID). He was a Nominated Member of Parliament (1992 to 1996), during which time he was instrumental in the passage of the Maintenance of Parents Act, which he introduced as a private members bill. From 1995 to 1997 he was Legal Adviser to the President and Council of Presidential Advisers. Between 1998 and 2006 he was Singapore’s ambassador to Germany, Greece, the European Communities, the European Union, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Holy See. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Solicitor-General, and subsequently became Attorney-General from 2008 to 2010. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Judge Advocate-General and member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. He was a director of two listed companies between 1989 and 2001. He is also the author of three four novels: The Advocates Devil (2002), The Devil to Pay (2005), The Devils Circle (2011) and The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2014).
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