Can you give me a quick summary of Tan Yock Lin's career and achievements in the legal field?


Tan Yock Lin PBM PBS is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore. He is renowned for his numerous texts on conflict-of-law related issues, criminal procedure and the legal profession. Education and career Tan read engineering at Imperial College and law at the University of Oxford. He had previously worked at the Economic Development Board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore before becoming a law professor in 2000.[1] In August 2008, Tan was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) during the National Day Awards for his work in law reform with the Singapore Academy of Law. When asked to say a few words about the award, he said, “Law reform is tremendously exciting and I am truly thankful to have been given the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the country’s most informed and forward legal minds.”[2] In 2010, Tan was appointed as the inaugural Geoffrey Bartholomew Professor.[3] On his appointment, NUS Law Dean Tan Cheng Han noted, "It is befitting that the inaugural appointee is Professor Tan Yock Lin. Besides sharing a deep practice in the law, both Professor Tan and Professor Bartholomew started out as economists. Though their paths may not quite have crossed, each has left indelible footprints for the rest of us to follow. Just as Professor Bartholomew had touched many lives in his time at the University, Prof Tan continues to share his wealth of experience and knowledge with many of our law students."[3] The professorship title was succeeded by Jeffrey Pinsler.[4] In 2021, he was appointed an Emeritus Professor at NUS.[5] He received the Long Service Medal in 2013.[6]
Tan Yock Lin is a distinguished law professor at the National University of Singapore, and he specializes in criminal procedure, conflicts of law, and the legal profession. After obtaining an engineering degree from Imperial College and a law degree from the University of Oxford, he worked with several organizations, including the Economic Development Board and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In recognition of his contribution to law reform with the Singapore Academy of Law, he was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2008.