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This is a Law Subject Spotlight with Dr Imranali Panjwani from Anglia Ruskin University. An interactive, cinematic course taster experience to allow students to gain insights into what it's like to study Law.

About Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University is an innovative global university with students from 185 countries at our campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough and Writtle. These students are at the heart of our University, and we're delighted that our final-year undergraduates are positive about their educational experience. Our community is also incredibly important to us, and we're proud of the role we play in our cities and the wider region – including the positive effect on jobs and the local economy. It is this impact that helped us become the THE University of the Year 2023, a prestigious award that recognises our success in delivering high impact projects focused on the difference we make in the region and communities where we’re based as well as the contributions our students and graduates make to society.

Meet the academics

Dr Imranali Panjwani

Dr. Imranali Panjwani is a Senior Lecturer in Law at ARU, Chelmsford, UK. He is also the Head & Founder of Diverse Legal Consulting (www.diverselegal.com), a consultancy that specialises in country expert reports for asylum seekers from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. He obtained his PhD in Theology & Religious Studies from King’s College London and pursued legal studies at the University of Sheffield, University of Law and Western Sydney University. He completed his Islamic seminary studies at Al-Mahdi Institute and post-doctoral research at Jam’iat al-Mustafa, Mashhad. His interests lie in the relationship between Islamic and Western law, immigration law and human rights, jurisprudence and philosophy.

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