Leslie Chew Kwee Hoe PBM is a Singaporean legal academic and

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. He is the founding Dean of the School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore's third law school. Chew is also a Senior Consultant with RHTLaw Asia LLP. Chew is the founding President of the Asia Pacific Institute of Experts.

Career

Chew was appointed

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in 2000. In 2002, Chew was awarded the Public Service Medal by the

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of the

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for his contributions to the Military Court of Appeal. Chew started his legal career as a legal service officer from 1978 to 1981 before leaving for private practice, first serving in Lee & Lim before joining KhattarWong & Partners where he became Joint

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. He then joined Gurbani & Co. From 2007 to 2014, Chew was a District Judge and subsequently a Senior District Judge heading the Civil Justice Division of the State Courts (previously known as the Subordinate Courts). After a distinguished career on the Bench, Chew retired in 2014. Chew credits the former Registrar of the

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, Mr Chiam Boon Keng, and Mr

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, as being major influences in his career. In 2016, Chew was appointed the founding Dean of the School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences. Chew has also published a book on

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, entitled "Introduction to the Law and Practice of Arbitration in Singapore".

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Singaporean Senior Counsel Singapore University of Social Sciences Singaporean people of Chinese descent National University of Singapore alumni {{Singapore-law-bio-stub