Nicholas Aloysius Yam

(formerly Nicholas Ng Wei Jie, renounced)

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Rising Y2 Law student at the National University of Singapore (NUS). 🚀. Vice President of NUS Law Students’ International Relations Committee (LSIRC)

🎓 Education

Diploma in Aerospace Electronics (DASE), cGPA: 3.959

Singapore Polytechnic - Singapore (2018-2022)

Awards:

  • 3 x Recipient of EEE Director’s Honour Roll (PFP, Year 1, Year 2)
  • 4 x Recipent of M.O.E. Academic Achievement (2019 - 2022)
  • Recipient of Edusave:
    • Skills Award
  • Outstanding Class Leader Award (2021)

Cambridge ‘O’ Level Mathematics + Cambridge ‘N’ Level (NA), EMB3 Score : 6

St. Andrew’s Secondary School - Singapore (2012-2017)

Awards:

  • Recipient of R.K.S. Adams Award (1st in 2017 GCE ‘N’ Level)
  • Recipient of Priscilla Krempl Award (Leadership)
  • Recipient of Edusave:
    • EAGLES Award
    • Character Award
    • Scholarship Award
  • Recipient of NYAA Silver Award

Achievements:

👔 Work Experience

Legal Intern - Linklaters Singapore Pte. Ltd (Jun 2025 - Jul 2025)

  • Banking Department
  • Investment Funds Department

Intern - In collaboration with KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (Mar 2021 - Aug 2021)

  • Created Music Technology Activity Games (M-TAG), a contactless system bringing virtual-reality (non-immersive) music games to the homes of paediatric patients undergoing upper limb rehabilitation during and post-Covid.
    • Technologies used: Leap Motion Controller, Unity3D, Jupyter Notebook, C#, Python, DECADA (GovTech), Huawei Cloud.
    • M-TAG is part of the Engaging Rehabilitation group of in-house projects in Singapore Polytechnic’s School of EEE’s Biomedical Engineering Hub.

🏆 Competitions and Events

Internship Related (SP) - M-TAG

  • Champion, of Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Splash Awards 2021
    • Competed nationally against 72 tertiary teams to create an innovative tech solution (enhancing upon my final year project) using digital intelligence and cloud that will transform Singapore in a post-pandemic world.
  • Semi-Finalist, of Techblazer Student Awards 2021
    • Competed nationally in the student category to attain the highest accolade for tech innovation. Award presented by Infocommunications Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SGTech.
  • Nominated, for International ICT Innovative Service Awards 2021 (InnoServe Awards)
    • Nominated among international teams for the Innoserve Awards based on the project’s viability and novelty!
  • Presenter, Singapore General Hospital SGH200 Learning Fiesta
    • Demonstration for Final Year Project (FYP) to healthcare leaders.

Law-Related

  • Participant (Student Mediator), MediateGuru’s 5th Virtual International Mediation Competition 2025
    • Entered an international mediation competition representing NUS as a student mediator.
  • Participant, TSMP Moot & Mingle 2025
    • Registered as a team of 2 to moot against a case on misrepresentation. Despite this competition being my first experience to mooting, I remained elated and encouraged to cultivate the good mooting practices as advised by the experienced lawyers at TSMP.
  • Participant, SAL-Microsoft Prompt Engineering Competition 2024
    • Engineered a structured legal prompt to tackle a hypothetical situation. Such prompts must align with legal practices’ standards to avoid biased AI outputs such as hallucinations while delivering the most optimum output.

Others

  • Participant, Singapore Airlines AppChallenge [Tertiary Student Track] (2021)
    • Headed a team of 3 students to enhance the current onboard entertainment system with a mobile application to create an engaging in-flight gaming experience.
  • Participant, Mapletree-SCCCI River Hongbao Hackathon 2021 (2020)
    • Expressed creativity by creating and proposing an eco-friendly Chinese New Year product for the festive period.
  • Participant, 313@somerset Visual Art Contest (2021)
    • Designed a vibrant and dynamic wall poster to fit the organiser’s needs.

📌 On The Side (Co-Curricular Activities)

  • Committee Member, Project Mediation (NUS Pro Bono) (2025) - Taught Year 1 NUS law students the process of mediation as well as assisted their learning into employment law. During our engagement with our beneficiary, TOUCH Community Services, we managed to enlighten participants on their employment rights as well as educate the benefits of mediation in their daily lives beyond work disputes.

  • Case Writer, Meet-The-People Session (2025) - Partnered with the volunteers at my local resident grassroots as a case writer for the citizens in my neighbourhood. This experience had allowed me to not only interact with my community, and transfer my analytical writing skills to each case, but also find avenues at which the resident’s concerns can be alleviated. As of the upcoming summer break, I will be dedicating time every week to engage those in need of such support.

  • Volunteer, NUS Law Flag Day (Community Service) (2024) - Partnering with CARE SG, the flag division went out to raise funds throughout Singapore to empower vulnerable youth to find their direction, hope and success. - Beyond raising funds, we assisted in CARE SG to bring fun activities to engage with the youth at Bedok Green Secondary School.

  • Co-founder and Executive, Aerospace Electronics Guild (2020 - 2022)
    • Oversaw and mentored 14 students with key knowledge of the cockpit and training on a full-scale A320 static simulator.
    • Designed, organised, and coordinated the sale of the DASE course shirt (Aerospace Electronics) with exceeding sales of more than 400 shirts sold.
    • [Note: Aerospace Electronics Guild is a special interest group headed by Diploma of Aerospace Electronics (DASE) course chair, Mr Danny Lee.]
  • Member, EDGE Scholars Programme (Invitation Only) (2020 - 2022)
    • Trained verbal and written communication skills with current affairs and preparatory sessions.
  • Participant, Overseas Leadership Training (LEAP) Camp (2018)
    • Participated in a camp to sharpen my core skills (e.g., leadership); allowing me to work more effectively as an individual and in teams.
  • Volunteer, Willing Hearts Charity Kitchen (Community Service) (2019)
    • Volunteered in the preparation and distribution of daily meals to beneficiaries such as the elderly, disabled and low-income families in Singapore.
  • Volunteer, Singapore Polytechnic Flag Day (Community Service) (2018 & 2019)
    • As part of the President’s Challenge, freshmen from Singapore Polytechnic are brought out to various parts of Singapore to raise funds for the needy in Singapore. On a personal note: This event was memorable as I was able to see first-hand the kindness of locals when it came time to contribute back to the communities in Singapore. I was particularly fond of an old lady who was altruistic in sharing a generous amount to the contribution tin I was carrying with me!
  • Volunteer, NTUC Health SilverACE Senior Activity Centre (Telok Blangah) (2019)
    • At the senior activity centre, I had the opportunity to engage with vulnerable elderlies in lower-income neighbourhoods who are often lonely and socially isolated. To brighten their day, we initiated fun activities and had tea to hear their interesting stories. Albeit our short visit, it was nice to see their soft smiles as we bonded and interacted with them.
  • Completed external courses in: - Understanding Financial Markets [Coursera X University of Geneva] (2025)
    • CCNAv7: Introduction to Networks [Cisco Networking Academy] (2023)
    • Conversational Korean: Learn to Speak Korean 1 [Coursera X Yonsei University] (2020) - Project Management: The Basics for Success [Coursera X University of California, Irvine Extension] (2020)
    • AWS Academy Cloud Foundation and Cloud Architecting [AWS] (2019)

💼 Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: C++, C#, Python
  • Engineering Design: AutoCAD, Autodesk Fusion 360, Unity3D, Multisim 10.1
  • Design: Android Studio, Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Productivity: MS Office, Zoom, Slack, GitHub

💬 Languages

  • English: Native
  • Chinese: Spoken
  • Korean: Conversational

🎖️ Military Experience

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

  • Conferred NSF of the Year Award 2024 (NSFOTY)
    • The award shows the SAF’s appreciation for outstanding NSFs who contributed beyond their call of duty, and demonstrated strong commitment to defence.
    • Attended Presidential Garden Reception 2024
  • Awarded Company Soldier Of the Month (October 2023).
  • Attended Specialist Cadet School and was awarded the Silver Bayonet (Top 10% Honour Graduate in cohort), in February 2023.

📂 Relevant Information

  • Driving License: Class 3
  • Date of Birth: 26th September 2000
  • Professional Affiliation:
    • Singapore Academy Of Law (SAL), Associate Student
    • Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)

Digital CV URL: https://nicholasayam.github.io/Digital-CV/