Directorate of
Legal Education
📢 Launch of new 4 year LLB curriculum • 📢 Media talk of Federal Law Minister along with senior Members of Pakistan Bar Council on the eve of inauguration of DLE • 📢 Law faculty training workshop organised in collaboration with Lums • 📢 MOU was singed with Competition Commission of Pakistan to promote competition law in LLB curriculum and its trainings • 📢 MOU signing ceremony with Institute of business administration and Ministry of Law & Justice to promote mediation trainings in the country • 📢 MOU signing ceremony with HEC to improve collaboration in regulating legal education in Pakistan. • 📢 MOU signing ceremony with SECP for promotion of continued legal education for lawyers in the field of corporate law. • 📢 Meeting with the Vice Chancellor University of London to discuss matters of mutual cooperation relating to legal education. •
Barrister Usama Malik

Barrister Usama Malik

Director

Usama Malik is a Barrister from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn UK, who is currently appointed as the Director/Head of the Directorate of Legal Education (DLE) tasked with regulating legal education throughout the country in compliance of the orders of the Honorable Supreme Court passed in its judgment titled Pakistan Bar Council vs. Federation of Pakistan, reported as 2019 SCMR 389. During his tenure, he has proved to be instrumental in revamping the legal education structure in the country including the introduction of the new 4-year LLB program along with drafting an updated curriculum for Bachelors of laws in line with international best practices. Moreover, he has ensured strict adherence to legal education standards across the country and has clamped down on fake and sub-standard legal education institutes. Previously Mr. Malik has also served as Deputy Advisor at the Ministry of Law and Justice of Pakistan. He is also the Focal Person of the Anti-Rape Special Statutory Committee constituted under section 15 of the Anti-Rape Act, 2021 to oversee the implementation of the said law. Mr. Malik holds an LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights from the prestigious University of Warwick (UK) after successfully completing his LLB (hons) from the University of London. He is an internationally accredited mediator from the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) and is also a certified Director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).

 He started his legal career with Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan as an associate and worked as a senior associate with renowned lawyer and human rights icon Ms. Asma Jahangir until her sudden demise. He was a name Partner in a leading law firm based in Lahore and Islamabad. He holds the distinction of being appointed as the Chairperson of the International Legal Affairs committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, for a consecutive term of three years spanning from 2018-2021, whereby he organized several certification courses at the Bar for lawyers and law students including the 1st International Law Certification Course in 2018. Furthermore, Mr. Malik was also appointed as the Chairperson of Legal Education Committee (Lahore Division) of the Punjab Bar Council. Additionally, he has also worked as part of visiting faculty at leading law schools for the past several years whereby he has taught subjects including Constitutional Law and ADR. In addition, Mr. Malik is a published author and his research papers have been published in leading international/national law journals including the human rights review of the American Bar Association, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and the All-Pakistan Legal Decisions (PLD). He also writes on various legal topics in leading national newspapers including Dawn, The News, The Nation and The Friday Times. Mr. Malik has also represented Pakistan at the Human Rights Defenders Forum in Atlanta, USA on the special invite of former US President Mr. Jimmy Carter. Moreover, he also holds the distinction of representing the Government of Pakistan at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2022. He is frequently invited by the Punjab Judicial Academy, Federal Judicial Academy and National Police Academy to deliver lectures to members of judiciary, Police service of Pakistan and other government officials. He was also instrumental in the establishment of specialized commercial courts in Punjab in collaboration with the World Bank. Mr. Malik has represented numerous public bodies before the Honorable High Courts and has several reported judgments to his credit.

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