Our Projects and Initatives

The NUS Legal Technology Competition is our annual flagship event, in which participants from various disciplines must work in teams to craft innovative legal-tech solutions to address real-world legal problems. Sponsored by WongPartnership, the competition initially was warmly received in 2018/19 and saw a wide array of potential solutions being put forth.

The annual Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) Legal-Tech Mentors Programme seeks to train selected law students to be well-equipped with the advanced features of digital legal research tools, including LawNet, e-discovery and e-litigation platforms.

Additionally, students are exposed to tools involving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and information management systems through vendors sourced by SAL. Trained law students will then act as mentors to share their exposure and skills with practising lawyers and paralegals through engagement sessions.

An effort by several members of the Alt-Law team in collaboration with Dean of the Law Faculty Prof Simon Chesterman which offers suggestions to the Faculty as to how legal technology may be eased into the syllabus in the coming years. The White Paper analysed survey results amongst the student body, covers core compulsory modules, and considers collaborative opportunities with sister faculties within NUS.

During the summer and winter vacations, members from LawTech.Asia will mentor and guide a selected pool of Associate Authours through an interactive attachment scheme to produce an article on their own area of interest in Legal-Tech. These articles will then be reviewed and eventually published on https://lawtech.asia/.

Alt-Law on Air is a podcast initiative that seeks provide students with fresh perspectives from practitioners in an array of specialisations where law and technology intersect. Through candid conversation, we also aim to help students cultivate an interest in legal-tech, enabling them to better navigate through the rapidly changing legal landscape.

As one of its founding members, Alt-Law is proud to be have celebrated the launch of ALITA during TechLaw.Fest 2019. Alt-Law has also been assisting ALITA with its day to day operations.

In light of the growing development and influence of technology in the legal profession in Singapore, the Alt-Law Roundtable Discussion was organised to facilitate in-depth idea-generation of the future of formal legal education in NUS Law, with the generous insights of a suite of legal professionals and faculty members.