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Lucas Liu

How law makes transactions work.

Reading Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford. Commercial disputes. Shipping and insolvency. Jurisprudence — Hart, Dworkin, and after.

Learning comes from putting yourself out there, not from striving for perfection.

Lucas Liu delivering opening remarks from a lectern at Singapore Management University, in front of a screen reading “Opening Remarks — Lucas Liu, Director of Outreach, Future Lawyers Singapore”

Opening remarks at a Future Lawyers Singapore conference, Singapore Management University.

Theory and practice

In the classroom

What the rule is

Jurisprudence, and the long argument about whether law contains principles as well as rules. It is very good at the question of what the law says and where it came from.

In practice

What the rule does

Working in commercial disputes. A case theory has to carry time and cost alongside the legal argument, and clients arrive with priorities of their own. Nothing in a textbook prepares you for which of several defensible answers is the right one for this client.

An excellent lawyer not only understands the law deeply, but can also apply the law in context to achieve the best outcome for the client.

The two do not teach the same thing, and the gap between them is most of what I have learned so far.

Outside the classroom

The record →

  • Future Lawyers Singapore

    See the law before you commit to it.

    Co-President, now Advisor

  • Profectus Education

    Built by youths, for youths.

    Co-founder

  • Global Youth Leaders' Summit

    A general assembly, run by sixth-formers.

    Co-founder

  • MAJU: The Youth Policy Initiative

    Youths in the room where policy is made.

    Head of Events

Would love to hear about your experiences, perspectives and stories — over a cup of coffee.

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