The description of these courses can be found below.
ASEAN Law Academy The Academy is a flagship training programme of the Centre for International Law (CIL), building on twelve years of research at CIL on ASEAN legal integration and institution building, including the ASEAN Integration through Law book series published by Cambridge University Press. It is a cross-disciplinary master’s level intensive programme for policymakers, practitioners, and academics working in the fields of politics and governance, economics, and law.
Co-directed by Professor Joseph Weiler (New York University and National University of Singapore) and Dr Tan Hsien-Li (National University of Singapore), the modules are created and taught by an international faculty of experts from practice and academia. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of ASEAN institutions and study key developments in ASEAN’s economic integration, foreign affairs and legal framework.
CIL eAcademy The CIL Singapore Academy of International Law (CIL eAcademy) provides part-time online training for law students, young academics, diplomats and lawyers that want to advance their training on International Law.
The Course will provide weekly interactive thematic courses delivered by highly-qualified academics and practitioners from all over the world, including Singapore, with additional weekly special lectures from high-profile guests. The lecturers include, among others, current and former judges of the International Court of Justice and other International Courts and Tribunals, members of the United Nations International Law Commission, ambassadors, lawyers from top international law firms, and leading academics in the different subjects offered.
Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Designed for government officials who are responsible for negotiating complex maritime boundary issues with their neighbours, including legal and technical experts, and officers from government ministries, this course is organized in conjunction with the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF) and enjoys the support of the US Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. A certain number of places will be reserved for participants from the EAMF countries, and sponsorships are available for a limited number of participants from some of the EAMF countries.
This course may also be of interest to academics and practitioners with a special interest in maritime boundaries.
Singapore International Arbitration Academy (SIAA) Spearheaded by the then Attorney-General and now Chief Justice of Singapore, Sundaresh Menon, the Academy runs annually in Singapore. It is founded upon CIL’s mandate to establish programmes for capacity-building in key areas of international law and practice in the Asia-Pacific region. The programme of the Academy aims to be responsive to the needs of both government and private-sector lawyers and legal academics in the practice of international arbitration.
Trade Academy The Singapore International Arbitration Academy brings together some of the world’s leading experts in international arbitration for a programme designed specifically for busy government officials and private practitioners. Past participants have included government officials from Nigeria, Canada, South Korea and throughout South-East Asia, and lawyers from top international and regional law firms. Past editions of the Academy have received excellent ratings.
The Academy provides an unparalleled opportunity for government officials, legal academics and private practitioners in the Asia Pacific region and from around the world to meet and interact with luminaries of international dispute settlement, and develop new professional relationships. This will help government officials to develop a deeper understanding of international arbitration and to learn what demands are placed on the government when it becomes a party to an investor-state treaty arbitration.
The CIL-NUS Academy of International Trade highlights the fundamental building blocks of the international economic legal order. It pays special attention to contemporary geopolitical pressures and the new regional agreements. Spanning 32 classroom hours over 4 weeks (equivalent to a full module at leading law schools), this Academy taught by internationally-recognized trade law scholars is designed to achieve simultaneously 2 goals:
The general course of 8 lessons gives an overview of the system with a sharp outlining of its fundamental underlying legal principles. The 4 specialist modules (2 lessons per week over 4 weeks) spotlight critical topics on (a) geopolitics and industrial policy, (b) dispute settlement, (c) regional trade agreements, and (d) digital trade and megaregional agreements.