Kenny Chng’s primary research interest is in constitutional and administrative law. His recent work has focused on the legal rules governing judicial review of administrative policies. Kenny has extensive publications in leading academic journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, Legal Studies, Public Law, and the International Journal of Constitutional Law. His work has been cited with approval by the High Court of England and Wales as well as the Singapore Court of Appeal. Kenny is currently reading for a DPhil in Law at the University of Oxford on a part-time basis with the support of the Yong Pung How Fellowship. For exceptional academic performance on the DPhil, he was awarded the Senior Hulme Scholarship by Brasenose College, University of Oxford. Prior to beginning his DPhil, he completed his LL.M. studies at Harvard University as one of the first-ever recipients of the MOE-START Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship. At Harvard, he received the Dean’s Scholar Prize as the top student for the Public Law Workshop. He also graduated summa cum laude from the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law.
Qualifications
- DPhil in Law Candidate, University of Oxford
- LL.M., Harvard Law School
- LL.B. (summa cum laude), Singapore Management University
Course Taught in SMU
- Legal Theory & Philosophy
- Constitutional & Administrative Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Constitutional & Administrative Law
- Legal Theory
- Conflict of Laws
- Contract Law