Transforming legal education to develop professional social responsible lawyers

Education plays a vital role in building the future of our nation by transforming lives and communities. We have several educator heroes who help students aim high and achieve their potential, often meeting and overcoming considerable challenges along the way. Recently Delhi based MT Research & Educational Services (MTRES) came up with Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) 2018, to recognize the monumental role teachers play in our society as they instil a desire to learn and achieve and create tomorrow’s leaders. Meet one of the awardees, Dr. Shefali Raizada, Additional Director and Head, Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida, who has been honoured with Promising Teacher award in MTRES TEA 2018.

Dr. Shefali hails from a renowned judicial family. She has two Masters degree in World History (Gold Medalist) and Law and has completed Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and International Humanitarian Laws. She has done her Ph.D. In Western History from Lucknow University and is also pursuing Ph.D. in Law from Amity University. She has over 13 years of rich experience working in the education sector. She has been with Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida, since last 11 years and has been managing the administrative function with increasing responsibilities on the post of Assistant / Deputy / Additional Director since 2013.

I believe education, in whatever field it is, gives you strength to think, to understand and to visualize with broad spectrum. It gives you capabilities and confidence to think big.
Dr Shefali Raizada

Dr. Shefali has immensely contributed to the development of the law school and has provided opportunities for education, research and capacity building. She has initiated the organization of International Interdisciplinary conferences, Legal Aid camps and Moot competitions at the institute. Launching of International Journal on Law and Interdisciplinary Areas was another successful initiative of hers and she has led many more such academic activities and contribution towards imparting Clinical Legal Education.

I always try to provide students with an invigorating experience and stimulating exposure of this profession and to promote the skills of multi-disciplinary approach.
Dr Shefali Raizada

She has been the course content writer for UG and PG level. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Amity International Journal of Legal and Multidisciplinary Studies. She is the Chief Editor of biannual Newsletter published from Amity Law School. She has been actively involved in Amity University uniform course coding and other scholastic activities. She is an active member of Centre for Gender studies and actively involved in projects concerning social issues. She intends to develop legal education in such manner that young lawyers and law students move towards and understand their professional social responsibility.

I intend to make Amity Law School Noida as a premier Law institute and wish to keep its position intact as – Second to None. I wish and pray that the institution will rise up and up and achieve milestones and set benchmarks and be creator of History of its own.
Dr Shefali Raizada

Dr Shefali has travelled widely in India and abroad to participate in various conferences and presented around forty research papers and more than thirty articles and research papers have been published in different journals and edited books . Her areas of specialization and research are Indian Legal History, International Relations, Intellectual Property Rights, Arbitration Dispute Resolution (ADR), Women & Social-Legal Issues and Interdisciplinary stream.

She got award for ‘Best Research Paper’ and ‘Best presentation’ in international conference for her presentation on ADR and other social aspects. She has been a resource person and part of Panel discussions and has also chaired various National and International conference sessions. She has been the reviewer and member of editorial team for two years for international journal of University of Malaysia. She has also authored one book on North-East and edited eight books on different areas.

I believe women have strong will power, courage and determination to handle all fronts with due perfection and to face challenges of the real world.
Dr Shefali Raizada

Teaching and education are her passion and she intends to work even more harder to take it to the highest level to serve the society. She aspires to take up more challenging responsibilities and share larger and important role in society and to do something at national level. She would also like to start her own NGO for the upliftment of destitute girls and women through education in times to come.

I am thankful to MTRES for acknowledging my contribution in teaching and research field. MTRES is the organization which has taken this initiative of identifying the contributors in academia and will strengthen long-term collaborative relationships with faculty and Institutes. It will certainly have impact on future prospects and will be helpful to maintain strong ties with academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in core areas.
Dr Shefali Raizada

About MTRES
MT Research & Educational Services is an initiative to bridge the gap between academics and industry. It was founded in 2013 with the combination of industry, academic and research personnel. They execute various educational events (Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Short Term Courses, Trainings and Competitions) throughout India. They provide various educational platforms for direct engagement of students, academicians and corporates. They execute internships and placement drives also in colleges. Website