Amanullah Ahmadzai

Biography

Background

Amanullah Ahmadzai is a PhD student and part-time tutor at the Edinburgh University Law School. He has been tutoring at PG and UG courses: ‘Dispute Resolution Methods’, ‘International Commercial Arbitration', and ‘Commercial Law Ordinary’. Before starting his PhD, he was working as a research fellow at the Edinburgh Law School. 

Before moving to the UK, Mr Ahmadzai was teaching at Kabul University, Faculty of Law and Political Science. He also taught at various private higher education institutions in Kabul. He was teaching different subjects, such as commercial law, private international law, introduction to the law, civil and commercial procedure, media law, and international organizations. Besides teaching, he was involved in different rule of law projects and served in the legal-judicial sector of Afghanistan. He worked as a Senior Specialist for the Appeal’s Board of the ‘Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission of Afghanistan’. He also served as 'Huquq General Director' and ‘Justice General Director for Kabul City’ at the Ministry of Justice. He was a member of the Afghan Bar Association and a member and founder of the ‘Afghan-U.S. Law Alumni Association’.

Qualifications

LL.B, Kabul University, Afghanistan (2011).

LL.M. in 'Democratic Governance and Rule of Law', Ohio Northern University, U.S. (2017).

Certificate in Legal Pedagogy and Instructions, Ohio Northern University, U.S. (2017).

PgCer in Academic Practice (Higher Education), University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport (2023).

Undergraduate teaching

1. Tutor: Commercial Law Ordinary.

Postgraduate teaching

1. Dispute Resolution Methods;

2. International Commercial Arbitration.

3. ‘Dispute Resolution Methods Compared’ seminar in the LL.M. course, ‘the Law of Int. Trade’.

Research summary

Justice system reform, access to justice, Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Conference details

1. Presenting 'Consequences of the Growing Empowerment of Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR)' at the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2024, held on 26-28 March 2024 at the University of Portsmouth Law School, as well as discussing 'Migrant Scholars: the Past, Present, and Future of Socio-Legal Studies' in the 2nd plenary of the conference.

2. Presenting ‘Limitations of Courts in Providing Access to Justice’ at the seminar: “AI as a Tool to Diminish Legal Inequality? Issues of Access to Justice in Commercial Law” on December 16, 2024. This hybrid full-day seminar held at the University of Edinburgh Law School was organised by Dr Johanna Hoekstra of the University of Edinburgh and Dr Aysem Diker Vanberg of Goldsmiths University and sponsored by the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association.

3. Presenting ‘Limitations of Civil and Commercial Courts in Providing Access to Justice: Perceptions and Consequences’ at the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2025, which was held at the University of Liverpool, School of Law and Social Justice, on April 15-17, 2025.

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