Dr. Shahdeen Malik is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and head of chambers of Ergo Legal Counsel. Shahdeen Malik’s practice spans over two decades in the Supreme Court and the district court where he was enrolled in 2000 and 1996 respectively.

Outside of legal practice, Shahdeen Malik is currently serving as an independent Director of Pubali Bank PLC. Bangladesh, as a member of the Board of Trustees in Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), and Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Action Aid Bangladesh and other organizations.

Other than legal practice, Shahdeen Malik’s oeuvre of work has encompassed academia, research and policy. He had taught law in Dhaka University in the 1980s. He continues to teach as an adjunct faculty member in different universities. Previously, Shahdeen Malik had been the Director of School of Law, BRAC University (2004-2014).

In addition to practice and academia, Shahdeen Malik has served as the Honorary Director of the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) (2010-2019); and worked as a consultant for various international organizations such as UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, USAID, SIDA, CIDA and DFID etc. Shahdeen Malik’s research and scholarship has been published in a number of international journals in the USA, Netherlands, Germany, India and Bangladesh. Shahdeen Malik is also a longstanding columnist for the Daily Prothom Alo.

Shahdeen Malik’s educational qualifications include LLM degrees from Patrice Lumumba Friendship University, Moscow; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, USA; and PhD in Law from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; and in between he has also obtained LL.B. (Pass) degree from Dhaka University.