Ms Hiba Akbar conducted training for the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Women’s Parliamentary Caucus's Working Committee on the 'Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment Act, 2010' in September 2021. It was sponsored by Shirkat Gah and UNFPA. She also held training on 'Sexual Violence Against Sexual…
Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law
Our Alumni
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On February 25, 2017, alumni of the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL) assembled at the Asifa Irfan Moot Court Room and formally resolved to launch the LUMS Law Alumni Association.
Quick Facts about Our Alumni
- 24%Graduates join government organizations/ NGOs and 14% become legal academics
- 62%Graduates pursue jobs in legal firms and private multinationals
- 77%Students and graduates are recognized nationally while 23% abroad
- 35%Graduates attain scholarship to study abroad
- 75%Graduates pursue advanced degrees abroad
Alumni Spotlight
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In the area of labour law, Dr. Muhammad Azeem has published The Kik case: A Critical perspective from the South in 2021 published by Springer. Additionally, Dr. Azeem is part of the Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative research project based at the Center for Race and Gender…
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Ms Madiha Tallat has been nominated to join the Committee for Welfare of the Prisoners and improvements in Prisons System of the Punjab constituted by the Chief Minister Punjab in May 2022. Mr Usama Khawar Ghumman (SAHSOL Class of 2013, Adjunct Faculty) is also nominated, thereby ensuring that…
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Professors Sikander Ahmed Shah and Uzair J. Kayani have collaborated with the Pakistan Medical Association to conduct trainings in the responsible preparation of medico-legal reports in Gender Based Violence cases; they suggested correct practices for interviewing survivors and engaging in…
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Dr. Adnan Sattar’s innovative book Criminal Punishment and Human Rights: Convenient Morality continues to generate interest in the field, having been featured an Author-Meets-Discussants session at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association in 2020. In March of 2022, Adnan presented…
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Professor Angbeen Mirza’s considerable stature in leading change through inclusion and diversity is reflected in her participation in Global Alliance for Justice Education, where she presented Using Interactive Teaching About Democracy, Science, and the Rule of Law in Times of COVID.…
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Ms Marva Khan’s growing contributions to scholarship in the area of fundamental rights adjudication are reflected in her and co-author, Atif Sheikh’s chapter Accessible ICT as a Ray of Hope for Disability Rights in Pakistan, in Accessible Technology in the Developing world (Michael Stein &…
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Meet our Notable Alumni
Zainab MalikClass of 2011
Program Development Specialist at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
I remember good friends, interesting classes, heated debates and wasting long hours outside PDC and Khokha.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
The fcous on academic scholarship, particularly critical legal theory, provided me with the ability to look at the functioning of laws and institutions from a unique prespective.
What is the best career advice you have ever gotten?
To surround myself with a network of inspiring female role models.
Umair JavedClass of 2008
Appointed Registrar at Competition Commission of Pakistan
Umair has recently been promoted as the Registrar at the Competition Commission of Pakistan, where he assists the Commission in its adjudicatory functions and heads the legal department.
Prior to this, Umair was on deputation to the Ministry of Federal Education where as Joint Secretary and Director General Education, he lead on the Federal Government's Ed-tech & STEM initiatives, the national COVID-19 education response and public education service delivery in Islamabad.
He also co-lead on the Teleschool project that received recognition from the Prime Minsiter of Pakistan.
Summaiya ZaidiClass of 2009
PhD Dissertation on legal education in Pakistan at Osgoode Hall, Toronto
"Work hard now and you will reap the rewards later"
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
As a small department back then, it allowed us as law students to mingle with students of other faculties. We had the faculty that started the program and were very invested in us.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
It prepared me in many ways, for research and writing and also for practice.
Shanzay FaiqClass of 2016
Topped the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam 2018
"I feel extremely humbled and grateful for this privilege that has been bestowed upon me. It will take a while for this moment to sink in fully."
On her aspirations as she prepares to join the Foreign Service, Ms. Faiq says that she firmly believes it is a platform where she can carve an indelible niche not just for herself, but all women in Pakistan who wish to break the patriarchal glass ceiling.
Saroop IjazClass of 2008
Senior Counsel for Asia and Human Rights Watch (HRW). Adjunct faculty member at SAHSOL
"To remember the insignificance of one's own self in the larger scheme of things while at the same time, ecuring small victories and periodically reminding oneself of why we do what we do."
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
The intellectual rigor, warmth of fellow students and faculty members, and as one grows older the appreciation for the luxury of talking, often out of one's own depth, on grand, abstract ideas, before life takes over.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
SAHSOL contributed significantly for preparing for life and as a consequence for the subset of "professional life".
Sara NasrullahClass of 2008
"Best career advice was provided by Justice Jawwad who always inspired me to follow my passion and to think outside the box."
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
SAHSOL provided a rich environment for learning and evaluating our justice system with historic texts of law.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
SAHSOL prepared me for my profesional career by providing me with the relavant skillset of critical and independent thinking skills.
Sana NaeemClass of 2018
Ms. Sana Naeem, BA.LLB was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Only one Pakistani student is selected by the Rhodes Trust for the Scholarship each year, which enables the recipient to study the subject of their choice at Oxford University. Ms. Naeem is the first student from SAHSOL to have been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship.
Omar Bashir ManiarClass of 2008
Leading Criminal Justice reform funded by the UK Government in collaboration with Government of Punjab. Also owns a small dairy farm in Karachi
"The defining experience for me at SAHSOL was participating in the lawyer's movement for the restoration of the judiciary in 2007."
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
My time at SAHSOL was transformative. The faculty and students were particularly inspiring, with the courses designed to encourage discussion, critical inquiry and research.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
The inter-disciplinary approach and the curriculum helped in building core skills in legal research and writing, reasoning and critical thinking.
What is the best career advice you have ever gotten?
Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, encouraged me to pursue the unconventional.
Nadia LaghariClass of 2008
Bastine Law Group, Associate, Houston Texas.
"There is no one trajectory to a successful career. A legal career does not need to follow a traditional path in fact, a law practice greatly benefits from skills and experiences external to it."
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
Being part of a seminal law program cultivated dynamic and critical thinking.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepare you for your professional career?
The multi-disciplinary nature of SAHSOL courses really helped guide my ability to find answers and solutions in creative ways.
Maria FarooqClass of 2012
"Given that the legal marketplace is extremely saturated, the biggest challenge I have faced is to create your own individual space and attract decent clientele."
How do you remember your time at SAHSOL?
We were taught by extremely dedicated and learned professors who became our mentors and shared with us both knowledge and inspiration. Many of the class-mates turned into the best of friends and we made life-long connections.
How do you think your time at SAHSOL prepared you for your career?
The variety of subjects taught during the degree enabled me to broaden my intellectual prespective work well under pressure and build strong foundations in many areas of law.
What is the best career advice you have ever gotten?
Whilst there is no piece of advice that could be universally applicable, for me the most important career advice is that one must work hard and be fully dedicated to the work that they are doing.
