Raisul Islam Sourav

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• PhD Candidate in Legal Analytics, University of Galway

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Raisul is a Doctoral Researcher at the School of Law, University of Galway. He holds a Scholarship awarded by the College of Business, Public Policy and Law of the University of Galway to pursue his PhD. Raisul's research focuses on Regulation of Legal Analytics in the Legal Profession and investigates whether legal analytics tools enhance access to justice.

He is also an Associate Professor (presently on study leave) at the Department of Law, Dhaka International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a qualified lawyer at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the elected Ethnic Minorities Officer 2024-25 of the University of Galway Students' Union (Aras-Na-Mac-Leinn).

Raisul worked as a lead consultant for a Road Safety law reform project in Bangladesh. He writes numerous Opinion Editorials (Op-eds) and scholarly articles in both national and international peer reviewed journals, newspapers and magazines on contemporary legal and human rights issues. Raisul is currently the Senior Editor of University of Galway Law Review. Earlier he served as the Executive Editor of Dhaka International University Journal of Law and Human Rights.

Experience

• –present PhD Researcher in Legal Analytics, University of Galway

Education

• 2018 University of Stirling, UK, LLM in International Energy Law & Policy

Publications

• 2023 International Handbook of Disaster Research. Nuclear Disaster: Assessing the Compliance of Global Nuclear Safety Regime in Bangladesh, Springer
• 2019 Construction workers' rights and safety: An unsung issue in Bangladesh,. Journal of Judicial Administration Training Institute, 28, 199-222

Grants and Contracts

• 2023 Legal Analysis of Road Transport Act and Developing a Policy Brief Paper Role: Lead Consultant Funding Source: GRSP & GHAI

Professional Memberships

• Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association
• Dhaka Bar Association
• Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL), Bangladesh Chapter.
• Chevening Alumni Bangladesh
• Bangladesh UK Alumni Network (BUKAN)

Honours

Chevening Scholar

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