The Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) has established a scholarship that will benefit financially-needy SMU and NUS law undergraduates. Named the Singapore Academy of Law Undergraduate Scholarship, the award will cover the full tuition fees of one needy Singaporean law freshman each year, starting from Academic Year (AY) 2017-2018. The award has been pledged for an initial term of five years and is valued at approximately $50,000 each (based on existing school fees for the SMU Bachelor of Laws programme).

Also newly established for four years by SMU is the Patrick Ong Law LLC Bursary, which has been made possible by the generosity of Mr Patrick Ong, Director of Patrick Ong Law LLC. One needy Singaporean / Singapore Permanent Resident SMU Law student will benefit from a $5,000 bursary award each year, starting from AY 2016-2017. SMU School of Law Dean Professor Yeo Tiong Min said that he is very grateful to SAL and Mr Patrick Ong for their encouragement of needy law undergraduates.