Mara Malagodi
Mara joined the City Law School as a Lecturer in Law in September 2015. She teaches on the core modules for Constitutional & Administrative Law and Legal Method on the LLB; Constitutional & Administrative Law on the GE LLB, and Public Law on the GDL.
Previously, at LSE she taught Public Law and Comparative Constitutional Law. At SOAS, she taught Law & Society in South Asia; Law & Development; Cultural Studies Theories in Asia, Africa & the Middle East; South Asian Culture; and Society, Culture & Identity in Nepal.
Mara is a comparative constitutional lawyer with a linguistically-informed specialism in South Asian law and politics (in particular Nepal, India, and Pakistan), human rights law, and legal history.
Mara is a scholar of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, which awarded her the Blackstone Entrance Exhibition and the Quatercentenary Scholarship for her training at the Bar of England and Wales.
Mara holds her Doctorate, MA in South Asia Area Studies, and BA (Hons) in Nepali & Politics from the University of London (SOAS); her Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) from The City Law School; her Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from the then College of Law; and her BA in International Relations & Diplomacy from the University of Trieste.
Before joining the City Law School, Mara was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Law at LSE (2012-2015) and a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS (2008-2012). Mara has also worked as an external consultant for various UN agencies.
Previously, at LSE she taught Public Law and Comparative Constitutional Law. At SOAS, she taught Law & Society in South Asia; Law & Development; Cultural Studies Theories in Asia, Africa & the Middle East; South Asian Culture; and Society, Culture & Identity in Nepal.
Mara is a comparative constitutional lawyer with a linguistically-informed specialism in South Asian law and politics (in particular Nepal, India, and Pakistan), human rights law, and legal history.
Mara is a scholar of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, which awarded her the Blackstone Entrance Exhibition and the Quatercentenary Scholarship for her training at the Bar of England and Wales.
Mara holds her Doctorate, MA in South Asia Area Studies, and BA (Hons) in Nepali & Politics from the University of London (SOAS); her Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) from The City Law School; her Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from the then College of Law; and her BA in International Relations & Diplomacy from the University of Trieste.
Before joining the City Law School, Mara was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Law at LSE (2012-2015) and a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS (2008-2012). Mara has also worked as an external consultant for various UN agencies.
