Day 1 Timeline — 13 Sept
09:00
Participant Registration
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NAKA
09:30
Opening Ceremony &
Panel Discussion
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NAKA
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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SMU
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!







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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NAKA
14:00
Lightning Talk 2
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NAKA
15:30
Lightning Talk 3
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NAKA
17:00
Lightning Talk 4
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NAKA
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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NAKA
15:00
Dismissal
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SMU
Panel Discussion Guest Speakers

Mr Lim Joo Hong
Director (Legal Technology Transformation Office), Ministry of Law

Mr Josh Lee Kok Thong
Managing Director (APAC), Future of Privacy Forum & Senior Research Affiliate, SMU Centre for Digital Law

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stella Chen
Legal Aid Bureau, Assistant Director (Legal AI)
In Collaboration With

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