Warren B. Chik is an Associate Professor of Law at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law and is the Director of the SMU Law Academy. He was also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance (now the Centre for Digital Law) and has worked on major inter-disciplinary research projects in the areas of Infocomm Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Governance and Federated Machine Learning. His research interests also include AI Law and Ethics; Privacy and Data Protection; Intellectual Property Law (in the digital environment); Electronic Commerce and Contracting; Internet Content Regulation; and Cybercrime, Computer crime and Cybersecurity. He is the co-author of the Information and Communications Technology Law in Singapore and Foundations of Cybersecurity Law in Singapore and has been published in many journals including the International Journal of Law and Technology, Computer Law and Security Review and the Singapore Academy of Law Journal. Warren obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from NUS Law School and Masters of Law degrees from Tulane University (International and Comparative Law) and UCL (International Business Law); and he has been called to the bar in Singapore, New York State and England & Wales.
Qualifications
- LL.M. (International Business Law), University College London (Merit)
- LL.M. (International & Comparative Law), Tulane University (Distinction)
- LL.B., National University of Singapore (Second Upper Honours)
- Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)
- Attorney and Counselor-at-law (New York)
- Solicitor (England & Wales)
Courses Taught in SMU
- Business Law
- Entertainment Law
- Information Technology and the Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Data Protection Law
- Information Technology and the Law
- Intellectual Property Law
