Legal Practitioner & Researcher
Dr. AmberLakhani
(PhD in Law)
Combining over a decade of litigation practice with doctoral research in socio-legal studies, policing, and legal anthropology at SOAS University of London.
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Law as both a practice
and a living institution
Amber Lakhani is a legal practitioner and socio-legal researcher whose career uniquely bridges the courtroom and the academic study of law. With deep roots in Karachi's legal landscape, she has spent over a decade navigating constitutional, corporate, and civil rights matters for a diverse clientele.
Her intellectual curiosity drove her to pursue advanced studies in jurisprudence and legal theory at UCL, and she is now a doctoral researcher at SOAS University of London, where she examines how law is lived and interpreted within Pakistan's policing institutions.
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at SOAS and a founding member of the Women Lawyers Association Karachi, Amber is committed not only to the practice of law, but to its reform, its teaching, and its critical examination through a post-colonial lens.
Legal expertise across
multiple disciplines
- Constitutional litigation
- Civil rights advocacy
- Fundamental rights petitions
- Public interest law
- Corporate law advisory
- Commercial contracts
- Taxation matters
- Property & conveyancing
- Environmental law
- Family & matrimonial law
- Contract dispute resolution
- Legal consultancy
Trained at the finest
institutions in law
Doctoral thesis: "Exploring Institutional Legal Consciousness within the Karachi Police." Examining how law is experienced, interpreted, and reproduced within policing institutions using ethnographic and socio-legal methodologies.
Advanced study in jurisprudential frameworks, critical legal theory, and the philosophical foundations of legal systems. Focused on post-colonial and socio-legal perspectives.
Foundation in core legal disciplines including contract, tort, constitutional, criminal, and equity law. Graduated with honours, laying the groundwork for a distinguished legal career in Pakistan.
Where law meets
lived institution
Exploring Institutional Legal Consciousness within the Karachi Police
This doctoral inquiry investigates how officers within the Karachi Police understand, experience, and enact legality in their daily institutional practice — contributing to the global literature on legal consciousness, policing, and South Asian jurisprudence.
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Location
Karachi, Pakistan & London, UK
Academic Affiliation
SOAS University of London
Professional Practice
Legal Practitioner — Karachi Bar
Open To
Legal consultancy, academic collaboration, research partnerships