Department of Law

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DR. ARPEETA SHAMS MIZAN
Assistant Professor

DR. ARPEETA SHAMS MIZAN

Department of Law
Faculty of Law
amizan.law@du.ac.bd
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Biography

Arpeeta is an academic and clinical legal educationist with over a decade of experience. She is interested in qualitative studies of the human experience and understanding of law as a lived reality. Her PhD project uses the theoretical framework of legal consciousness and postcolonial studies to investigate why people in Bangladesh tend to uphold religious normativities while defying state laws, ...
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Degree Name Group/Major Subject Board/Institute Country Passing Year
Ph.D. Sociolegal Studies University of Bristol United Kingdom 2026
Masters Law Harvard Law School United States 2015
Post Graduate Diploma Human Rights and Democracy Swedish Institute Sweden 2013
Masters Law University of Dhaka Bangladesh 2012
Post Graduate Diploma French University of Dhaka Bangladesh 2011
Bachelor Law University of Dhaka Bangladesh 2011
Title Organization Location From Date To Date
Certified as a Grade B Mediator Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation IIAM Kochi, India Aug 2021
Legal Analyst (Bangladesh) iProbono (UK) Dhaka May 2018
Consultant International organization for Migration IOM Dhaka Sep 2017 Nov 2018
Human Rights Protection officer Relief International Bangladesh Dhaka Aug 2015 Oct 2015
c ase officer Greater Boston Legal Services, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic Boston Feb 2015 May 2015
Editor Harvard Human Rights Journal Cambridge, MA, USA Jan 2015 Mar 2015

Research Interest

Subject Description Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
clinical legal education

street law, simulation, role play, pedagogical tool design
colonialism

Postcolonial legal theory, colonial legal history, decolonising legal education
Sociolegal Studies

legal consciousness, living law, legal pluralism
Human Rights

cultural rights, cultural relativism, gender rights

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study Title Supervisor Co-Supervisor(s) Name of Student(s) Area of Research Current Completion
Research Project Report/Other Simulation project for Integrating Youth through Community Engagement (SPIYCE) Self Muhammad Rezaur Rahman 24 Students from various Bangladeshi Universities

Project/Research Work

Subject Project Name Source of Fund From Date To Date Collaboration
PhD project Exploring a Postcolonial Understanding of Legal Consciousness: Dialectics on legal defiance and religious reverence in Bangladeshi Urban Space Bangabandhu Overseas Scholarship 20-09-2020 31-12-2024

Invited Talk

SL Invited Talk
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SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Expire Year
1 Svenska Instituet Alumni 2014 Life Time
2 Global Legal Empowerment Network- Namati Alumni 2017 Life Time
3 Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) General member 2019
4 Global Shapers, Dhaka Hub, World Economic Forum Member 2019
Book Section
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan and Muhammad Rezaur Rahman "Popular versus statutory meanings of the language of law How does people's understanding affect the functionality of gender laws in Bangladesh?." Book Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South. Taylor and Francis, 2023 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan and Dr. Nahid Rezwana "Legal aid services for disaster-induced gender-based violence in coastal Bangladesh." International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, 2023 1-21 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan "Is Domestic Violence only Battery?." Street Law and Public Legal Education: A Collection of Best Practices from around the world in honour of Ed O’ Brien. David McQuid-Mason JUTA, 2019 .
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Journal Article
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan : Identity Crisis and the Pseudo-Minorities in Bangladesh: Is Right to Cultural Identity the Answer?, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights , vol.29 , no.1 Brill , pp.1-32. , 2022 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan : ’The Law of Language and the Language of the Law: A Socio-legal Appraisal of Colonial Legal Language in Bangladesh, Dhaka University Law Journal , vol.32 , no.2 University of Dhaka , pp.119-134 , 2021 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan : Invisible to the Law: COVID-19 and the legal consciousness of persons with disabilities in Bangladesh, Journal of Disability and the Global South , vol.8 , no.1 , pp.1892-1909 , 2021 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan, Sayeed Hossain Sarwar and Muhammad Rezaur Rahman : Challenges of Taking Human Rights Fact Finding Lessons Out of Classrooms: Lessons from Bangladesh, Journal of Indian Law and Society , vol.10 , 2020 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed : Silencing the Minority through Domination in Social Media Platform: Impact on the Pluralistic Bangladeshi Society, Human Rights in Digital Age (ELCOP Journal of Human Rights) , 2018 .
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Arpeeta Shams Mizan : 4. Continuing the Colonial Legacy in the Legislative Drafting in Bangladesh: Impact on the Legal Consciousness and the Rule of Law and Human Rights, International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform , vol.5 , no.1 , 2017 .
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Award Type Title Year Country Description
International Harvard- IGLP Global Scholars Bursary 2024
International National University of Singapore (NUS) travel scholarship 2023 Singapore

The NUS Faculty of Law awarded the scholarship to attend the TRIALS workshop (5) to 10 applicants from a pool of 100 scholars.
International Law and Society Association Travel Grant for Graduate Students 2023 United States

The LSA Early Career and Graduate Student workshop is for students currently enrolled in graduate/doctoral programs in the social sciences, humanities, and law, as well as early career scholars.The goal of this workshop is to provide a safe and welcoming space for mentoring and peer mentoring among a diverse group of early career law and society scholars. The LSA seeks to build intellectual community among each new generation of law and society scholars and to promote constructive dialogue about research projects.

International Sociolegal Studies Association Fieldwork Grant 2023 United Kingdom

Name & designation DR. ARPEETA SHAMS MIZAN Assistant Professor
Department Department of Law Faculty of Law
Email amizan.law@du.ac.bd