Goh Yihan was born on 1981 and is a Deputy Attorney-General.
19 Facts About Goh Yihan
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Goh Yihan was previously a Judge and a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and, immediately before that, an academic who last served as the Dean of the Singapore Management University School of Law.
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Goh Yihan topped his second-year examinations and was on the NUS Undergraduate Scholarship.
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Goh Yihan obtained his LLM from Harvard Law School in 2010.
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Goh Yihan had received the NUS University Overseas Scholarship in 2009 to pursue his postgraduate studies.
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Goh Yihan had received the Order of Merit in the 2006 bar examinations.
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Goh Yihan returned to the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 2008, where he was a teaching assistant until 2010.
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Goh Yihan was then appointed as an assistant professor from 2011 to 2014.
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Goh Yihan had received four university and faculty teaching awards in six years in NUS.
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Goh Yihan became an associate professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of Law in July 2014.
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Goh Yihan was appointed associate dean in January 2016.
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Goh Yihan became the dean of SMU Law in July 2017, succeeding Yeo Tiong Min.
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Goh Yihan was appointed for a five-year term after "a [six-month] extensive and rigorous global search".
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In July 2019, Goh Yihan was appointed a full professor of law at SMU.
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Goh Yihan has served as amicus curiae to the Court of Appeal on numerous occasions.
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On 1 July 2022, Goh Yihan was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court for a two-year term.
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On 1 October 2023, Goh Yihan was appointed a Judge of the High Court.
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On 4 November 2024, it was announced that Goh Yihan will be resigning as a Judge and will be appointed a Deputy Attorney-General on 1 January 2025.
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Goh Yihan is a board member of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education and the Singapore Judicial College.