About Department of Law & Justice

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At the Department of Law and Justice (established in August 2011) in Jahangirnagar University, we believe that law is an effective tool for any social change; hence, quality legal education with a critical approach to conventional wisdom is the key to engendering a progressive society. As the Department values ‘justice’ in its substantive sense as an indispensable core ideal, we have a strong commitment towards a critical and interdisciplinary approach. Therefore, in addition to our focus on knowing what the law is, we put equal focus on knowing why the law is the way it is. Exploring the power dynamics of the state concerning common people has been a fundamental question of our constant inquiry.
Needless to say, that we take legal education seriously because we understand that we are training future protagonists of social change – lawyers, judges, educators, policymakers, and activists. This is a place where not only the intellect of the students is challenged, but also, they are trained to think ethically, analytically, thoughtfully, and critically from both national and global perspectives. We aim to make students competent to internalize the values they learn in ethics, morality, and principles of law and justice which they must adopt through their learning process at the Department. Since its inception, the success of our academic programs has been largely driven by an innovative, engaged, and influential De...
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Faculty Members

Md. Rabiul Islam, PhD
Professor, Department of Law & Justice

K M Shazzad Mohashin
Associate Professor, Department of Law & Justice

Tapos Kumar Das
Associate Professor, Department of Law & Justice

Suprobhat Paul
Associate Professor, Department of Law & Justice

Shaila Alam Asha
Associate Professor, Department of Law & Justice
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Department of Law & Justice have total 13 faculty members.