ABOUT YOUR TRAINER
This workshop is facilitated by Assistant Professor Lim Lei Theng, who was again in the news for leading the NUS team to win a top prize in a global law competition, beating over 500 law schools from 80 countries, among them, Harvard University, Oxford University, and Beijing Foreign Studies University and others.
Assistant Professor Lim Lei Theng was a litigation lawyer at Drew & Napier, one of Singapore’s largest and leading law firms. Her legal practice centered on civil suits and arbitrations involving cross-border transactions.
Lei Theng has an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and an LLM from Harvard Law School
Now serving as a Deputy Director of the Legal Writing Programme, she convenes and teaches two courses – Introduction to Trial Advocacy and Legal Case Studies, to second-year law students. She also teaches Legal Analysis, Writing and Research course, and assists in coaching the NUS moots teams.
She has taught negotiation and mediation in numerous public workshops in Singapore, Malaysia and Jakarta. Within educational institutions, her teaching has taken her from the law faculty to the LKY School of Public Policy and its predecessor institution. She has also taught in several executive programs on negotiation in conjunction with the NUS Public Policy Program, Conflict Management Group and the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
Lei Theng was part of the Committee of ADR under the Ministry of Law that assisted in the establishment of community mediation in Singapore.
TESTIMONIALS
“Lei Theng is bursting with interesting experience, which makes the course lively & relevant.”
…Financial Controller, Changi General Hospital
“Excellent Trainer. Well knowledgeable, great presentation and clarification skills.”
…Assistant Director, Operations, National Healthcare Group Polyclinics
“It does not seem like a long day. Times flies. Trainer was superb!”
…Deputy Director, Temasek Polytechnic
“Prof Lim was very interesting, lively and animate which makes the course more interesting. The venue was good and central. Tea break and lunch was also good.”
…Assistant Director, Ministry of Home Affairs
“This workshop is very well run. The speaker is good, the food is good and the venue is ideal too.”
…Senior Audit Executive, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports
‘Well done! The venue and facilitator are good. Facilitator is very knowledgeable and I totally enjoyed the workshop for someone who cannot sit still for more than an hour.”
…Field Investigation Officer, Ministry of Health
“This program has definitely been useful for me as my job scope requires me to conduct investigation interviews. The trainer has shared many important points on structuring a good interview session.”
…Internal Audit Executive, Ministry of Education
“Lei Theng is a very engaging speaker. She gave practical real examples to show her case. There was never a boring moment!”
…Assistant Director, People’s Association
“This session is very concise and precise.. It is easy to understand the topic and its relevance. Speaker speaks clearly with confidence and able to capture audience’s attention. Good job! Keep up the good work.”
…Executive, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore