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Day 1 Timeline — 13 Sept

09:00

Participant Registration

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NAKA

09:30

Opening Ceremony &
Panel Discussion

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11:00

Problem Statement Assignment Release

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NAKA

11:30

Hacking Begins!

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SMU SOA

21:30

Hackathon Submission

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SMU SOA

21:45

Closing + Next Day Briefing

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NAKA

22:00

Dismissal

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Ready to rock and roll? 

Problem Statements are Live!

SMU LIT HACKATHON 2025

JOIN US FOR SINGAPORE’S LARGEST INTER-VARSITY

LEGAL TECH HACKATHON ON SEPT 13 - 14

Thank you! This event has concluded with great success!

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About the Event

About the LIT Hackathon

The SMU Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Hackathon is Singapore’s largest inter-varsity legal-tech competition, bringing together students from all Institutes of Higher Learning for a 2-day challenge to tackle pressing legal issues with innovative solutions.

Held on 13 - 14 Sept, this annual event encourages participants to merge technology and policy by crafting both a digital solution and a policy recommendation for their chosen problem statement.

Explore with Law and Tech

Beyond the competition, participants will engage in enriching workshops and panel discussions led by industry partners and guest speakers.

Whether you’re joining solo or as a team, the LIT Hackathon offers a unique platform to explore the powerful synergy between law and technology.

Combine Law with Tech

Apart from creating a legal-tech solution, teams are also required to come up with a policy recommendation to address their chosen problem statement. Such problems tend to be complex in nature, requiring a mix of technological and policy solutions to address effectively.

We hope that through this hackathon, participants would have a greater appreciation of this complementary nature between law and technology.

Day 1 Lightning Talks — 13 Sept

*Lightning Talks are 1 hour long

11:00

Lightning Talk 1

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14:00

Lightning Talk 2

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15:30

Lightning Talk 3

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17:00

Lightning Talk 4

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Day 2 Timeline — 14 Sept

09:00

Participant Registration

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NAKA

09:30

Opening Brief

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NAKA

10:00

Judging (First Round)

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SOA Seminar Rooms

12:00

Judging (Finals)

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NAKA

13:00

Award Ceremony & Closing

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SOA Level 2

13:30

Networking Lunch (Buffet)

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15:00

Dismissal

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Panel Discussion Guest Speakers

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Mr Lim Joo Hong

Director (Legal Technology Transformation Office), Ministry of Law

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Mr Josh Lee Kok Thong

Managing Director (APAC), Future of Privacy Forum & Senior Research Affiliate, SMU Centre for Digital Law

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Prof Dirk Hartung

Assistant Professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University; Affiliate, CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford Law School

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Isaac Lee

Associate at Drew & Napier, Co-Founder at AITHENA Pte Ltd

Grand Finals Prizes

Grand Prize: $700

2nd Place: $500

3rd Place: $300

Individual Track Prizes will be provided by Sponsors!

Judges

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Professor Jerrold Soh

Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University; Deputy Director, Research Programme in Computational Law, Centre for Digital Law, Singapore Management University

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Professor Ong Ee Ing

Faculty Principal, Lecturer of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University; Principal Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore Management University; Head, Allen & Gledhill YPHSL Legal Writing Programme; Faculty Advisor, SMU Lexicon

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Prof Dirk Hartung

Assistant Professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University; Affiliate, CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford Law School

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Professor Bryan Leow

Adjunct Faculty of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University; Senior Librarian, Research & Data Services, Law

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Professor Lim How Khang

Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science (Practice), Singapore Management University; Director, Centre for Computational Law; Director, BSc (Computing & Law) Programme, Singapore Management University

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Stella Chen

Legal Aid Bureau, Assistant Director (Legal AI)

In Collaboration With

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Partners

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