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 Full CV
PhD, University of London, 1988
LL.M, National University of Singapore, 1972
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1967
Certificate, National College of the State Judiciary, USA, 1972
Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2005
Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), 1971
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
Practice Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, June 2007-Present
Previous Appointments:
Adjunct Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, 2004 -2007
Consultant & Lecturer, Board of Legal Education, Singapore, 1972-1999
Adjunct, National University of Singapore, 1971-1981
Other Positions
Member, Advisory Board, Singapore Law Watch, Singapore Academy of Law, 2008
Member, Legal Heritage Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2007-Present
Arbitrator, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, 2005-Present
Member, Maintenance of Parents Tribunal, 2003-Present
Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (Reserve Panel), 2003-Present
Member, Streets & Building Names Board, 2002-2007
Accredited Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre, 1997-Present
Consultant, B Rao & KS Rajah, Advocates & Solicitors, 2004-2007
Vice-President, Medico-Legal Society, 1992-2003
Chairman, International Insolvency Conference Workshop, 2003
Member, Singapore Delegation, ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting, Bangkok, 2002
Director, Legal Policy Division, Ministry of Law, 2001-2002
Member, Ministry of Law Resource Panel for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2001-2002
Official Assignee & Official Receiver, 1991-2001
Public Trustee, 1991-2001
Registrar of Moneylenders & Pawnbrokers, 1991-2001
Singapore’s representative, UN working Group on Insolvency Law, Vienna, 2001
Member, Working Group on Legal Services, 2001
Government Representative, Motor Insurers Bureau, 1991-2001
Member, Inquiry & Disciplinary Committees of the Law Society, 1984-2000
Chairman, Organising Committee, International Conference of Public Trustees and Public Guardians, 2000
Advisor, Wits Teams, Insolvency & Public Trustee’s Office (won 9 gold medals at the National Competition and the Ho Peng Kee challenge trophy for the years 1997 to 2000
Singapore’s representative, UN Working Group which drafted the UNCITRAL Model-Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, (Vienna) 1996, (New York) 1997
Member, Committee on Legal Education & Studies, Singapore Academy of Law, 1990-1992
Member, Sentencing Guidelines Working Party [Justice Karthigesu Committee], 1991
Referee, Industrial Arbitration Court, 1988-1991
Director of Legal Aid, 1987-1991
Member, Law Reform Sub-Committee on Criminal Procedure and Evidence, Singapore Academy of Law, 1990
Member, Adult Probation Case Committee, 1975-1987
Judge, District Court, 1973-1987
Chairman, Committee of Public Inquiry into the fire on board the vessel “Iron Parkgate”, 1974
Senior Magistrate, 1972-1973
Coroner & Magistrate, 1967-1972
Honors & Awards
Public Administration Medal (Gold), National Day Honours, 1999
Public (Long Service) Medal, National Day Honours, 1996
United Nations Human Rights Fellowship, U.K., 1983
Ford Foundation Grant to attend the National College of the State Judiciary, Nevada (USA), 1972
Colombo Plan Training Award, UNAFEI, Japan, 1971
Higgins Book Prize, University of Singapore, 1967
Courses Taught in SMU
Criminal Law
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Selected Consulting Activities
Providing Legal Opinions
Academic Counsellor, Asia Crime Prevention Foundation, 1993-Present
UN Expert, Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, 2005
Visiting Expert, UN Asia & Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), Tokyo, 1996, 2001
National Correspondent for Singapore, United Nations Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Branch, 1980-1988
Research Areas
Criminal Law and Procedure
Legal Policy and Legal Systems
Evidence
Insolvency Law
Dispute Resolution
Current Projects
Corporate Governance and Corporate Crime
Amicus Curae in Singapore
The Criminal Justice System
Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications
S.Chandra Mohan (2008) “Balancing Competing Interests in Bankruptcy: Discharge by Certificate of the Official Assignee in Singapore”, 20 SAcLJ, 464
S.Chandra Mohan (2007) “The Crimson Logic Case: When is a Judgment not a Judgment?”, Law Gazette, September, 23 S.Chandra Mohan (2006) “The High Court’s Latest Bail Decision: Overdue for 50 Years?”, Law Gazette, May, 36
S.Chandra Mohan (1996),“Countermeasures to the Abuse of Power and Corruption: Some Lessons From Singapore”, UN Resource Material Series, 48, 74
S.Chandra Mohan (1986), “Police Interrogation and the Right of Silence in Singapore”, Malayan Law Journal, lxxxi
S. Chandra Mohan (2002), Specialist Editor, Mallal’s Digest, Vol. 1 (Arms and Explosives, Banishment)(LexisNexis)
S. Chandra Mohan (2004), Specialist Editor, Mallal’s Digest, Vol.5 (Criminal Procedure)(LexisNexis)
S.Chandra Mohan (1977), "Bail in Singapore", Malayan Law Journal
S.Chandra Mohan (1977) “Bail in Offences Punishable with Death or Imprisonment for Life”, Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 311
S.Chandra Mohan (1976) “Admissibility and Use of Statements made to Police Officers”, Malayan Law Journal, [1976] 2 Malayan Law Journal, lxxxiii (Part I), [1977] 1 Malayan Law Journal, lxxxiv (part II)
S.Chandra Mohan(1974), “Maintenance Proceedings in Singapore ”, Malaya Law Review, 16, 230
S.Chandra Mohan (1971), “Public Participation in the Administration of Justice in Singapore”, UN Resource Material Series, No.4
S.Chandra Mohan and S. Ramankutty (1966), “The Introduction and Development of Trial by Jury in Malaysia and Singapore”, Malaya Law Review, 8, 270
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