Legal Research Assistant

Romana Afroze

LLM Candidate, Class of ****, SUNY-Buffalo Law School

Research Assistant to UB Law Clinic & Prof. Paul-Linden Retek, State University of New York at Buffalo.

E-mail: ********@*******.***, **************@*****.*** Phone: +1-716-***-****.

Educational Qualification

Master of Laws (General) (ongoing), Law School, SUNY-Buffalo Law School, USA, Merit Scholarship;

Master of Laws (LLM) (Specialized in Commercial Law), (2016-2017), Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Thesis: “A Comparative Study of Directors’ Liabilityfor Defective Prospectus Between Common Law and Bangladeshi Law (10,000 words);” Government Merit Scholarship;

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (2012-2015), Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Government Scholarship, Shamaila Rahman Memorial Scholarship, Dean’s Office, DU; Higher Secondary SchoolCertificate (HSC) (2009-2011), Viqarunnisa Noon College, Government’s Dhaka Board Talent-pool Scholarship;

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) (2007-2009), Viqarunnisa NoonSchool, Government’s Dhaka Board Talent-pool Scholarship.

Research Work and Assistance

1. Is Section 230 of Communications and Decency Act a comprehensive, pro-people statute that is sufficient for the contemporary legal and political landscape? (in progress); 2. SME and Intellectual Property: A Comprehensive Legal Framework for Bangladesh (in progress);

3. Book Chapter: A Handbook of Criminology, Criminal Justice Victimology & Restorative Justice: Crime in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Karzon, Hira Publications (2016).

Special Achievements

Judge, American National Rounds & International Rounds, 59 th

- 62

nd

Philip

C.Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Washington D.C., USA, 2019-2022 (Memorials and Oral Rounds);

Judge, International Rounds, ICC Moot Court Competition, 2019-2022

(Memorials and Oral Rounds);

Best New Team, International Rounds, 58

th

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot

Court Competition, 2017 (First Country representation at Jessup); Octo-Finalist (Team), Global Rounds, 9

th

Oxford-Price Media Law Moot Court

Competition, Oxford, UK, 2015-16 (First Country representation in Octo- Finals);

First Position in Annual Music Competition, (2001-2005), BIAM Laboratory School, Dhaka.

Professional Background

May 2022- present: Research Assistant, UB Law Clinic, SUNY-Buffalo Law School; August 2022- present: Research Assistant to Professor Paul-Linden Retek, Associate Professor, UB Law School, SUNY-Buffalo Law School; September 2018- September 2021: Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences(FASS), American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh;

November 2018- August 2019: Associate, Akhtar Imam & Associates (AIA), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

February 2017 to March 2018: General Secretary, Dhaka University Moot Court Society

(DUMCS), Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; February 2016 to January 2017: Publication Secretary, Dhaka UniversityMoot Court Society (DUMCS), Department of Law, University of Dhaka,Bangladesh; May2016 to July 2016: Intern (Legal Cell), American Centre for International Labor Solidarity (AFL-CIO) Solidarity Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh; May 2015 to September 2015: Researcher, Pathan and Associates, Dhaka,Bangladesh. May 2014 to July 2014: Surveyor, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell- Dhaka University

(IQAC-DU);

January 2011 to June 2012: Content editor at NGO-EKMATTRA Society, www.ekmattra.org; Main Tasks: Caption writing for short play. Major Professional Trainings

Clinic Legal Education Research Assistantship, UB Law Clinic (May 2022- present);

LexisNexis Professional Certification, Issued August 2022 (No expiration date); Four months’ training of Clinical Legal Education at Department of Law,University of Dhaka (January 2017-April 2017);

12 weeks’ Training on Refugee Protection jointly organized by Department ofLaw, University of Dhaka and UNHCR, Bangladesh (January 2017- March 2017); 3 days’ training on media and legal policies with journalists and legal minds, Dialogue with Media, jointly organized by NGO-Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) and Channel I

(October, 2015);

3 days’ workshop and training, Public Hearing on Right to Food, jointlyorganized by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and OXFAM Bangladesh (July 2013 to October 2013);

Participant in Boot Camp, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), 2014 Workshop on “Parliamentary Debate” organized by Dhaka University Debating Society

(DUDS), University of Dhaka, 2013;

3 days’ Advanced Workshop on “International Humanitarian and Media Law Mooting,” Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS), Department ofLaw, University of Dhaka, 2015.

Awards

Best Advocate, National Rounds-Bangladesh, 59

th

Philip C. Jessup International Law

Moot Court Competition, 2018;

Best Memorial (Team Award), National Rounds, Bangladesh, 58 th

Philip C. Jessup

International Law Moot Court Competition, 2017;

Runner Up (Team Award), National Rounds, Bangladesh, 58 th

Philip C. Jessup

International Law Moot Court Competition, 2017 (Performance Based) (First Country representation in Jessup);

First Position in Essay Writing Competition, 2010 National LiberationMuseum, Dhaka.

Voluntary Work

April 2022 to date: Historian, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

(ACS), UB-SUNY Chapter;

April 2022 to date: Events and Training Coordinator, First Generation Law Students’ Association (FGLSA), University at Buffalo- SUNY; August 2020 to December 2022: Alternate Student Director, Student Bar Association, UB Law;

May 2022: Member, Intellectual Property Law Society, UB Chapter, University at Buffalo-SUNY;

August 2019 to date: Member, Law and Justice Network, Youth PolicyForum, Bangladesh;

February 2013 to April 2016: Volunteer and Active Member of DhakaUniversity Debating Society (DUDS).

Language Proficiency

English (Professional) IELTS-7.5;

Bengali (Native);

Hindi (Fluent- speaking);

Spanish (Beginner); IML, University of Dhaka

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