Barrister Usama Malik

Founding Director

Usama Malik is a Barrister from the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn who spearheaded the formation and establishment of DLE as its Founding Director. Mr. Malik laid a firm foundation for the Directorate making it the premier quality assurance regulator in the legal education sector in compliance of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan reported as 2019 SCMR, 389. Previously Mr. Malik has also served as the 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 BOD Director from the prestigious 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 also a name partner at 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.

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