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{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic and lawyer (1951–2020)}}
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'''Mohammad Shah Alam''' was a chairman (acting) of [[Bangladesh Law Commission]] and founding father of Faculty of law, [[University of Chittagong]].<ref name="daily star">{{cite news |title=In Memory of Professor M. Shah Alam |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/memory-professor-m-shah-alam-1957717 |access-date=5 November 2020 |publisher=The daily star |date=8 September 2022}}</ref> He was a former professor at the [[University of Rajshahi|Department of Law, University of Rajshahi]] He was also a freedom fighter and academician. He is considered the pioneer of Clinical Legal Education movement in Bangladesh.<ref name="law commission">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Law Commission: Chairman |url=http://www.lawcommissionbangladesh.org/members.htm |publisher=Bangladesh Law Commission |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> He had written several books on international law, and constitutional law.

== Early life and education ==
Mohammad Shah Alam was born on October 14, 1951, in [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]], part of [[Dhaka]] Division to Md. Sujatul Islam, a teacher, politician and social worker and Firoza Begum. He was born into a Muslim family of four brothers and one sister. He received his primary education at his village school in Munshigonj. He passed his matriculation and intermediate from [[Rajshahi Cadet College]] with distinction in 1968 and 1970 respectively. He briefly studied economics at [[University of Dhaka]] at the time of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. After that, he went to the former [[Soviet Union]] on government scholarship for higher studies and studying for ten years successfully obtained graduation, post-graduation and Ph.D. degrees from [[Peoples' Friendship University of Russia]].<ref name="daily star 2">{{cite news |title=IN MEMORIAM THE LEGENDARY PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Dr M Shah Alam |url=http://103.16.74.141/law-our-rights/news/memoriam-the-legendary-professor-international-law-1956349?fbclid=IwAR0Qd-LGNpI9QcaUzve8FivFXByqCd8TRhHsONaom3bJXRYA7cY0g_tL91Y |access-date=5 November 2020 |publisher=The Daily Star |date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Jago news">{{cite news |title=Former Dean Dr. Mohammad Shah Alam is no more |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/campus/news/607750 |access-date=5 November 2020 |publisher=Jago news |date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Mohammad Shah Alam with others.jpg|thumb|From left, Mizanur Rahman, Abm Abu Noman, Mohammad Shah Alam]]
His career journey started as assistant professor at Faculty of Law, University of Rajshahi in the early 1980s and after 10 years, in 1992, M Shah Alam joined as associate professor at [[University of Rajshahi]]. He is the founder Dean of the Faculty of Law and founder Chairman of Department of Law of [[University of Chittagong]]. In 1996, he became a full professor of Law and by joining as member of Bangladesh Law Commission, he also served as the acting chairman of the commission from 2010 to 2013. He was also an editor of Chittagong University Journal of Law. He was a Japan Foundation Fellow in 1995–96 at the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo University]] Faculty of Law and a Senior Fulbright Fellow in 2001–2002 at the [[New York University]] School of Law.<ref name="law commission" />

He was a pioneer in introducing clinical legal education in Bangladesh. Clinical legal education is considered as an important mechanism of lawyering skill. Considering its importance, he integrated clinical legal education in the curriculum of the Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong, which was first of its kind in Bangladesh.<ref name="daily star" />

== Publications ==
* Bangladesher Shangbidhanik Itihash O Shongbidhaner Sohoj Path (trans. Constitutional History of Bangladesh and an Easy Reading of the Constitution (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 1996)
* Enforcement of International Human Rights Law by Domestic Courts (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 1996)
* Somokalin Antorjatik Ain (trans. Contemporary International Law) (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 2012)
* Antorjatik Shongothon (trans. International Organisation) (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 4th Edition, 2013)
* Bangladeshe Ain Songskar O Ain Commission (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 2015)
* Selected Writings on International Law, Constitutional Law and Human Rights (Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation, 2015)<ref name="law commission" />

== Role as a freedom fighter ==
Shah Alam fought in sector no. 2 as a Freedom Fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War along with his elder and younger brother in his hometown Bikrampur, Munshigonj.

== Personal life ==
He was married to Fauzia Nasrin. They have one daughter and had a son who died in 2001.

== Death ==
Mohammad Shah Alam died on August 31, 2020, at the age of 69. He was suffering from various complications after having a brain stroke. As a freedom fighter, after his death Guard of honour was given.<ref name="Jago news" /><ref name="new age">{{cite news |title=Former CU professor M Shah Alam dies |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/115031/former-cu-professor-m-shah-alam-dies |access-date=5 November 2020 |publisher=NEW AGE |date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

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