Kevin Tan

Prof. Dr Kevin Y.L. Tan was born and educated in Singapore. He graduated with LLB (Hons) from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore in 1986 and joined the teaching staff of the same faculty that same year. Subsequently obtaine his LLM (Master of Laws) and JSD (Doctor in the Science of Law) at Yale Law School. From 1986 to 2000, he taught at the Law Faculty, specializing in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law and Government, Law and Society and International Human Rights. He resigned in 2000 to start Equilibrium Consulting Pte Ltd.

He has also been active in many organizations, serving as National Programme Commissioner in the Singapore Scout Association (1992-1995); Council Member of the National Youth Achievement Award Council (since 1998); Singapore Red Cross Society (1999-2003); CSCAP (1998-2001); Board Member of the Preservation of Monuments Board (1998-2003); Singapore Academy of Law Legal Heritage Committee (since 1999); and Executive Director of the Society of International Law, Singapore (1998-2003); Treasurer and then President of the Roundtable, a non-partisan political discussion group (1999-2002); President of the Singapore Heritage Society (2001-2011); and Chairman of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) (2006-2012).

Kevin has published widely in the fields of constitutional law, human rights, legal history and the Singapore legal system. He currently holds adjunct professorships at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore as well as at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.