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Dr. Sheena Shukkur

Head of the Department

  0490-2345210

  8547889278

  sheenashukkur@gmail.com, hodlegal@kannuruniv.ac.in

Qualifications :   LL.M (Cusat) LL.M (Vanderbilt, USA), PhD

Areas of Research:

  1. Law of Constitution and Administrative Laws , Family, Women and Children
  2. Healthcare Laws
  3. Law of Clinical Legal Education and Alternative Dispute Redressal
  4. Law of Corporations, Business Organizations and Labor
  5. Social justice and juvenile justice

  • Fulbright Vanderbilt Fellow 2008-09, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  • Pro Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, from 2013 to 2017
  • Vice Chancellor (Officiating), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, from May. 2014 to Aug. 2014
  • Vice Chancellor (Officiating), National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, from Apr. 2014 to Oct. 2014
  • Assistant Professor, National Judicial Academy India, Bhopal, from 2010 to 2013
  • Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, United States of America, from 2008 to 2009
  • Advocate, Family & Trial Courts, Bar Council of Kerala, India from 1995 to 2002
  • Convener, Committee on National Justice University, Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Government of Kerala, 2016
  • Convener, Commission to study feasibility of elevating State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT) into a University, Government of Kerala, 2015
  • Convener, Committee on Gender Justice on Campuses, Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Government of Kerala, 2015
  • Convener, Committee to Review Kerala State Higher Education Policy Government of Kerala, 2012
  • Chairperson, Board of Studies (Law), Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Kannur University, from 2005 to 2008
  • Chairperson, Board of Examination, LL.B., LL.M., Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Kannur University, from 2004 to 2008
  • Voting Member, Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) from 2008 to Present
  • Member, Executive Council, Kerala State Higher Education Council, from 2011 to 2016
  • Member, Executive Council, National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi, from 2011 to 2016
  • Member, Committee to establish and incorporate National University for Police Sciences and Security Studies, Government of Kerala, 2014
  • Member, Committee to Report on setting up a Central Tribal University in Kerala, 2014
  • Member, Supreme Court Committee on Pendency and Arrears of High Courts, Chaired by Chief Justice of India, from 2012 to 2013
  • Member, Selection Committee, as subject expert for appointment of Commercial Taxes Officers, Kerala Public Service Commission, Government of Kerala, 2007

Research Supervision:

Doctoral Research Supervisor, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi 2014-17

Doctoral Research Supervisor, School of Legal Studies, Kannur University 2016

Project Works Undertaken:

  • Law at Doorsteps- A total legal literacy campaign with the District Legal Services Authority, Kerala, India
  • Major Policy Document of Government Bodies - Report on the State Policy on Higher Education, Kerala State Higher Education Council
  • Report on elevating SIEMAT-KERALA into a Kerala University of Education, Planning, Management, Administration and Training submitted to Government of Kerala, 2016
  • Report on establishing a National Justice University submitted to Government of Kerala, 2016

Books and Chapters in Books

  1. Legal Literacy Projects: Clinical Experience of Empowering the Poor in India The chapter co –authored for the book Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice., page 241, Edited by Prof. Frank S. Bloch, ( Oxford, October 2010) ISBN 978-0195381140
  2. Gender Justice in India, Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus 2014,Published by Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co - Ltd. Page 426 (ISBN 978-81-8265-845-5)
  3. Indian Democracy into Better Governance: Need for Ombudsman, Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus 2012, Published by Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co, Ltd. Page 58 (ISBN 978-81-8265-240-8)
  4. Uniform Civil Code: A Rhetoric or Reality?, Published by Vachanam Books, Publishers, Kozhikode, 2017 (ISBN 978-93-84355-34-0)

Research Papers

  1. Uniform Civil Code- An Unmet Notion, Volume 11, Journal of Indian Legal thought, 2017, page1-12 (ISSN 2249-9989)
  2. Judicial Safeguards: the Affirmative of Domestic Violence Law, Legal Opus, 2017 Issue11, ISBN
  3. High Incidents of Rape and Victim Rehabilitation - Judicial Role Play in India, volume 10 Journal of Indian Legal Thought, 2016, page 13.(ISSN 2249-9989)
  4. Fixing Juvenility- Can it be Optional in India- , volume 9 Journal of Indian Legal Thought 2011, Page1, published in 2015. .(ISSN 2249-9989)
  5. Post-Divorce Maintenance for a Muslim Women: The Law and Judicial Responses, Cochin University Law Review [2012] CULR page 223 (ISSN 0970-0331)
  6. Making Legal Services Available- the Role of NALSA, Nyayadeep, National Legal Services Authority Publication , Supreme Court of India vol. XIII July 2012.page 155
  7. Legal Literacy Clinics for Comprehensive Clinical Legal Education, I Ambedkar Law University Law Journal, VIII ALUJ(2014) page 106, ISSN (0-965X)
  8. Public Interest Litigation in India: A Triumph for Social Justice Lawyering, Cochin University Law Review, 2009 page 79(ISSN 0970-0331)
  9. Freedom of Information, Cochin University Law Review, 2007 page 125(ISSN 0970-0331)
  10. Gratuity as a Legal Right to Teachers, Legal Opus, Issue No.1, 2007 page no 45
  11. Talak and Supreme Court decision in Shamim Ara Case, 2003(1) Kerala Law Times, 2003 Page 14
  12. Protection to Divorced Muslim Wife, 2003(1) Kerala Law Times, 2003 Page 32
  13. Social Justice Bench, Mathrubhumi GK & Current Affairs, 2015 February page 43, (ISSN 9772394095009)