 Woon returned to academia at NUS , and was appointed the first Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education ( SILE ) , a company incorporated by the Singapore Academy of Law on 18 January 2010 to manage the postgraduate practical training of graduates from local and overseas universities seeking admission to the Singapore Bar , training contracts , and continuing legal education for practising lawyers . He has denied any intention to enter politics – " Why would I leave one hot seat to jump into another hot seat ? I 've said for years that I would want to go back to my natural habitat eventually . Why wouldn 't anyone believe me ? " – although when asked if he had forever ruled out a political career , he said : " Forever is a long time but definitely not now . " Subsequently , he reiterated in a Today interview : " I am not a politician and I am not interested in politics and have no desire to go into politics . I do not know why people do not believe me when I say so . I have said it a thousand times but people do not seem to believe me . " 
