Educational Qualifications

2006                    
Juris Doctor (magna cum laude), Order of the Coif, The Ohio State University, USA

2001                    
BAcc (Hons), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2025 – present     
Associate Professor, SUSS

2015 - 2024          
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, SUSS

2006 - 2015          
Legal practice in corporate finance with leading international law firms including Jones Day (Ohio), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (New York City) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Hong Kong). Also served as Deputy Public Prosecutor/State Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

  • Lam, C.M. (2025). The Continued Search for Clarity on the Scope of a Doctor’s Duty of Care. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Vol 23(2): 167-191.
  • Lam, C.M. (2022). The End of SAAMCO Counterfactual? Charles B Lawrence & Associates v Intercommercial Bank Limited (Trinidad and Tobago) [2021] UKPC 30. Journal of Professional Negligence (Bloomsbury Professional), Vol 38(3): 174-180.
  • Lam, C.M. (2020). Revisiting Loss of Chance in Medical Negligence: Employing Public Policy Positively as Justification. Journal of Professional Negligence (Bloomsbury Professional), Vol 36(3): 104-132.
  • Lam, C.M. (2020). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Professional Responsibilities of Lawyers. Singapore Law Review, Vol 37: 43-60.
  • Lam, C.M. (2019). Damages for Wrongful Fertilisation: Reliance on Policy Considerations. Deakin Law Review, Vol 24: 139-174.
  • Lam, C.M. (2017). Corporate Governance in Singapore: Exploring the Concept of Director Independence in Light of Global Corporate Governance Principles. International Journal of Law and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, 3(1): 4-14.

 

Textbooks:

  • Tabalujan, Benny; Du Toit-Low, Valerie; Huan, Julie & Lam, C.M. (as Managing Editor) (2025). Singapore Business Law. Sweet & Maxwell. 10th ed. Singapore.
  • Tabalujan, Benny; Du Toit-Low, Valerie; Huan, Julie; Lam, C.M. (as Managing Editor) & See, Alvin (2021). Singapore Business Law. CommAsia Resources. 9th ed. Singapore.
  • Tabalujan, Benny; Du Toit-Low, Valerie; Huan, Julie; Lam, C.M. & See, Alvin (2018). Singapore Business Law. CommAsia Resources. 8th ed. Singapore.

 

Book Chapters:

  • Lam, C.M. (2021). ‘Using Artificial Intelligence in Narratives in the Criminal Process’, in Frode Helmich Pedersen, Espen Ingebrigtsen, Werner Gephart (eds), Narratives in the Criminal Process, Vol. 26 in the Series Recht als Kultur, pp. 357-380 (Vittorio Klostermann GmbH, Frankfurt am Main).
  • Gall, M., Kulwicki L. and Lam, C.M. (2007). ‘Nexus: A State-by-State Retrospective of 2006 Developments,’ New York Institute on State and Local Taxation – 2007, Chapter 4, 1-94 (Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., a member of LexisNexis Group).

 

Conference Papers:

  • Lam, C.M. Reconsidering Loss of Chance in Medical Negligence in Canada: Addressing Evidentiary Injustice. Presented at the Canadian Law and Society Association Conference, Acadia University, Canada, 12 Jun 2026.
  • Lam, C.M. Reimagining Responsibility in AI Governance: Comparative Insights for Enhancing Deployers’ Obligations in New Zealand. Presented at the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 4 Dec 2025.
  • Lam, C.M. The Future of AI Regulation in Singapore. Presented at the 13th EuroSEAS Conference at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 23 Jul 2024.
  • Lam, C.M. Artificial Intelligence as a Legal Intermediary and the Changing Professional Responsibilities of Lawyers in Southeast Asia. Presented at the 10th EuroSEAS Conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 11 Sept 2019.
  • Lam, C.M. Revisiting the Singapore Approach in Recognising Loss of Genetic Affinity. Presented at the 109th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, 4 - 7 Sept 2018.
  • Lam, C.M. Using Artificial Intelligence in Narratives in the Criminal Process. Presented at the International Conference “Narratives in the Criminal Process”, University of Bergen, Norway, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2018, funded by Norwegian Research Council.         
  • Lam, C.M. Corporate Governance in Singapore – Exploring the Concept of Director Independence In The Light of Global Corporate Governance Principles. Presented at the 4th Academic International Conference on Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Boston, USA, 21 Nov 2016. 


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