Mr Melvin Loh

2026
Legal Mentor, Access to Justice Community Co-Lab

2026
Volunteer Mediator, Syariah Court Singapore

2026
Committee Member, Migrant Workers' Legal Assistance Committee, Pro Bono SG

2026
Committee Member, Law Society of Singapore, Middle Category Committee

2026
Committee Member, Law Society of Singapore, Foreign Bar Liaison Committee – Japan Chapter

2025
Mentor, Law Society of Singapore, Mentorship Scheme

2025
Committee Member, Law Society of Singapore, Foreign Bar Liaison Committee – China Chapter

2025
Professional, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mediation Competition

2025
Volunteer Mediator, Family Justice Courts

2024
Mediator, Ministry of Manpower

2024
National Co-Representative for Singapore, International Negotiation Competition

2024
Judge, International Negotiation Competition

2024
Vice Chairperson, Executive Committee, Pro Bono SG, Community Legal Clinics

2023
Mentor, Singapore International Mediation Institute

2023
Executive Committee, Mediation Committee, The Law Society of Singapore

2023
Honorary Treasurer, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts

2022
Professional Communication: Business Writing and Storytelling, The Economist

2021
Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Harvard University, The Derek Bok Centre for Teaching and Learning

2021
WSQ-Certified Training in Peer-to-Peer Mental Well-being Support@Work SkillsFuture Singapore

2020
Honorary Secretary, Asia Pacific Institute of Experts

2020
Certified Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Institute

2020
Executive Committee, Pro Bono SG, Community Legal Clinics

2019
Executive Committee, Pro Bono SG, CLAS

2018
Accredited Mediator, Family Panel, Singapore Mediation Centre, Family Justice Courts

2017
WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), SkillsFuture Singapore

2016
Assigned Solicitor, Legal Aid Bureau

2014
Court Volunteer Mediator, State Courts Centre for Dispute Resolution 

2012
Associate Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre

2012
Member, Volunteer, Law Society of Singapore

2012
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

2012
Advocate and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

• Radio Interview on CNA938 about Sexual Harassment on 13 January 2021
• Radio Interview on CNA938 about Sentencing Guidelines on 9 March 2021
• CLAS Training Programme Module 16: Cheating Offences, 16 October 2021
• How to Engage and Manage Legal Clinic Applicants: Capacity-Building Webinar for Community Legal Clinics, 22 February 2022
• Free Aid for Migrant workers at new legal clinic at mosque in Little India, The Straits Times, 8 May 2022
• Newspaper Interview, Straits Times, 8 May 2022, Free Aid for Migrant workers at new legal clinic at mosque in Little India
• Interview on Channel 8 狮城有约 about landlord and tenancy issues, June 2023
• Interview on Channel 8 狮城有约 about short-term tenancy issues, 25 April 2023
• A Fireside Chat with Leaders in Mediation: Navigating the Industry as Young Mediators and Mediation Counsel, The Law Society of Singapore, 1 September 2023
• Radio Interview on CNA938 about dealing with Neighbourly Disputes on 23 October 2023
  
• 与邻居的冲突 — 这可以解决吗?, Law Awareness Weeks@CDC 2023 23 October 2023
• What's Next: Starting Your Mediation Journey, The Law Society of Singapore, 2 December 2023
• Effective Risk Management: Assessment, Controls and Mitigation, National Council of Social Service (NCSS),  17 January 2024
• Future senior counsel should be good mentors, inspirations to young lawyers, say members of legal community, Today, 17 January 2024
• Attorney-General's Chambers to decide on action against hotelier Ong Beng Seng after Iswaran's corruption case concludes, Today, 18 January 2024
• Explainer: What is a non-compete clause, and why can an ex-employee get sued after joining a competitor?, Today, 4 February 2024
• CNA Explains: What are Pritam Singh’s charges, and could he be disqualified as an MP?, Channel News Asia, 19 March 2024
• Malaysia-Singapore Young Lawyers' Summit 2024: Visualising the Future, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 2024
• [PBSG] VolCapBSeries: Understanding Protection from Harassment Court, 16 May 2024
• Guest Speaker, Beyond the Classroom, Radio Kingston WKNY, New York, USA, September 2024
• Masterclass in Negotiation, International Negotiation Competition 2024, Manaus, Brazil, July 2024.
• Navigating the Future of Mediation: Promises and Challenges of an International Standard of Mediation Competency, The Law Society of Singapore, 30 August 2024
• "Therapeutic Justice- Lenses", Modern Families Conference, Hong Kong Family Law Association, Hong Kong, September 2024.
• Advocacy Without Advocating: Making a Difference as a Young Lawyer in a Supporting Role, The Law Society of Singapore, 13 September 2024
• This or That? Beyond the Classroom, Radio Kingston WKNY, New York, USA, September 2024. (repeated)
• Lawyers weigh in on Iswaran's jail term: Unusual for judge to give longer sentence than sought, ChannelNewsAsia, 3 October 2024
• Teaching & Learning Conversations: Applied Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences, 13 November 2024
• Commercial Mediation in Singapore: An Introduction 新加坡国际商事调解体系, Singapore International Personnel Exchange Centre, 13 December 2024
• Family: Dispute Resolution Options in Family Law – Arbitration, Mediation, Collaborative Family Law Practice: What Is, What More. Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference 2025, LAWASIA and The Law Society of Singapore, 22 May 2025
• From Meditation to Mediation: Where do we go from here?, SUSS School of Law Seminar, 24 June 2025
• Learning@MYMCA - Community Education Seminars: 'Youth and Crime', covering “Diversionary Programmes and Special-Needs Youth offenders”, 29 August 2025
• [Pro Bono SG] Law Awareness Weeks @ CDC 2025 Neighbours in Dispute – What Are My Options? Webinar Confirmation, 26 September 2025
• Mentorship Unleashed: Busting Myths About Effective Mentoring and Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations, The Law Society of Singapore, 7 October 2025
• Interview on Channel 8 晚间新闻 about the Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 14 October 2025
• Bridging theory and practice: Turning mediation research into real-world change, Singapore International Mediation Institute, 7 November 2025
• Negotiation and Mediation in the Lion City, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, December 2025
• More Than a Role: How Mentorship Evolves Into Partnership, Radio Kingston WKNY, New York, USA, January 2026
• "Are Singaporeans becoming bad neighbours?", Deep Dive, Channel News Asia, January 2026
• "With AI doing the grunt work in law firms, where does this leave junior lawyers and fresh grads?", The Big Read, Channel News Asia, 20 March 2026
• Seeing Children Clearly, YMCA of Kingston & Ulster County, New York, March 2026
• "CNA Explains: Why the Chinatown accident case has a gag order and what it means if you share a video of it", Channel News Asia, 10 April 2026

• Melvin Loh, Weaving Therapeutic Justice into Singapore’s Family Justice System: Through the Lens of Mediation, International Conference on Business and Social Science, July 2023, Osaka, Japan
• Melvin Loh, Community Mediation in Singapore: Lessons and Challenges, National Mediation Conference, September 2023, Wellington New Zealand
• Melvin Loh, Mediating the balance between managing online criminal harms and the rights of the individual, International Conference on ‘Regulating Technology in Asia: Prospects and Challenges’, March 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Melvin Loh, Mediated Justice in Criminal Law: Perspectives from Asia, 21^st Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Annual Conference, May 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
• Melvin Loh, “Therapeutic Justice- Lenses”, Modern Families Conference, Hong Kong Family Law Association, Hong Kong, September 2024.
• Melvin Loh and A/P Vanessa Liu, The Age of Misinformation:  Considerations on the Implications of video-based misinformation in Singapore, International Conference on “Legislation and Regional Synergistic Development”, November 2024, Guangzhou, China
• Melvin Loh, The Power of Communication: How Words and Gestures Can Save Lives, Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni of Color Conference 2025, February 2025
• Melvin Loh and Michael Hor, Foreigners Serving Long-Term Imprisonment for Drug-related Offences in Singapore, Pathways to Harm Reduction Drug Policy in Hong Kong and East & Southeast Asia: Principles, Process and Practices, Regional Research Hub Roundtable, Hong Kong, March 2025
• Melvin Loh, Dr Petrina Tan, “Climate Litigation and the Mediation Alternative in Southeast Asia”, 22^nd Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Annual Conference, Shanghai, China, May 2025
• Melvin Loh, Mediation and Community Building: Singapore’s Grassroots Approach, Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Greater New York Chapter (GNY) ACR-GNY Annual Conference 2025, June 2025
• Melvin Loh, Mediation in AML Enforcement: A Comparative Perspective and Implementation Strategies for Singapore, 2^nd Annual Conference of the Asian Law School (ALSA) Association Criminal Law Chapter, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2025
• Melvin Loh, Bridging Practice and Principle: Teaching Research Ethics in Legal Education, A Reflective Approach for Working Adult Learners, Ethics Colloquium 2025, University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, June 2025
• Melvin Loh, Innovating Family Law in Singapore: Mediation and Therapeutic Justice in Practice, 2^nd International Forum on Asian Laws, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, England, June 2025
• Melvin Loh, Mediation at Work, Teaching and Learning Symposium, Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 2025
• Melvin Loh, Reframing Success: Narrative Mediation and Legislative Innovation for Building Inclusive Communities in Singapore, Re:Define Success Conference 2025, Singapore University of Social Sciences, September 2025
• Melvin Loh, Joel Lee, Sala Sihombing, “Mediation as Improv: Creative Tools for Navigating Conflict”, National Mediation Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 2025
• Melvin Loh, Lessons from Mediation for Arbitation: A Singapore perspective, Peking University Conference on International Arbitration 2026, March 2026

• Appropriate Dispute Resolution
• Mediation and Mediation Advocacy
• Negotiation
  
• Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
• Higher Education
• Access to Justice