Moniruz Zaman

Moniruz Zaman is a Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Dhaka. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge (2022), awarded under a Cambridge Trust Scholarship.

Zaman stood first in both his LL.B. (Hons) and his first LLM examinations at the University of Dhaka. He received the Barrister Nora Sharif Gold Medal for the highest CGPA in LL.B. (Hons), and both the Justice Amin Ahmed Gold Medal and the Fokir Abdul Mannan Gold Medal for ranking first in his LLM. While pursuing that LLM, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), researching human rights developments and the intersection of commercial law with development policy.

He began teaching as a Lecturer in Law at Eastern University, then joined Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), first as a Lecturer and later as Assistant Professor, teaching commercial law and moderating the BUP Law & Moot Court Club (BUPLMCC). He went on to complete his LLM at Cambridge before joining the University of Dhaka.

Alongside his teaching, Zaman is a national administrator for Jessup Bangladesh and a member of the Council for Legal Ethics & Academic Review (CLEAR), an initiative of Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD).

His moot court record dates back to his own student competitions: his team won Best International Team at the 6th Paras Diwan Energy Law International Moot (2016), and at the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, took Best Memorial at the Bangladesh national round and Best New Team at the international round (2017). As lead researcher, he built the factual record, analyzed national and international case law, and drafted memorials across jurisdictions.

His research interests include intellectual property law, international commercial litigation, international trade law, international business transactions, international investment law, corporate governance, and comparative law, with particular attention to how international legal frameworks shape commercial conduct and governance in developing economies, especially in South Asia.