Tara Davenport holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics, a Masters of Law (Maritime Law) from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Masters of Law from Yale Law School. She has worked previously as a shipping lawyer in Singapore and as a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law (CIL) at NUS. She has co-taught Law of the Sea at NUS and at Yale Law School, and has published several articles on oceans law and policy as well as edited two books. Tara is presently an Instructor at NUS, pursuing a Doctorate at Yale Law School and is a non-resident Research Fellow at CIL. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the NUS Overseas Graduate Scholarship.