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Ugyen Tshomo

Junior Lecturer

Biography

Ugyen Tshomo is a Bar-certified lawyer and Junior Lecturer at the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law. She teaches Administrative Law and Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility and Ethics, and is engaged in curriculum development and legal education with a focus on justice reform and human rights-based approaches.She holds an LL.B. and Postgraduate Diploma in National Law from the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law. In her current role, she contributes to institutional and national justice initiatives through the Wisdom Centre of Justice, which serves as a secretariat to multiple justice sector institutions in Bhutan.Her research experience includes work on Bhutanese oral legal history in collaboration with the University of Vienna, as well as publication in the JSW Law Review on international humanitarian law and ethical dimensions of humanitarian intervention.

Areas of Interest

Administrative Law

Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Human Rights Law

Child Justice and Juvenile Justice Systems

Legal Education and Curriculum Development

International Law

Publications

Courses

Education History

Chan Wing Cheong

Visiting Faculty

Dema Lham

Associate Professor

Dr. Elizabeth Allison

Visiting Faculty

Dr. Stefan Hammer

Visiting Faculty

Dr. Tenzin Wangchuk

Professor

Drangpon Tenzin

Adjunct Faculty

Frederic Bourdais

Visiting Faculty

Helen Lansdowne

Assistant Dean,
Climate Change & Environmental Law Centre

Hendrik Visser

Visiting Faculty

Jay W Stansell

Visiting Faculty

Karma Choden

Lecturer

Karma Lhazin

Junior Lecturer/Research Centre Programme Coordinator

 

Leki Tshering

Junior Lecturer/ Alumni Engagement Officer

 

Mahesh Gajmer

Lecturer

Marya Terese Sherer Nielander

Visiting Faculty

Nima Dorji

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

Associate Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, Bhutanese Constitutional Law, and Gross National Happiness and Law. 

Panthip Pruksacholavit

Visiting Faculty

Pema Wangdi

Assistant Professor

Philosophy, Political Science, Moral Theory (elective), co-teach GNH and Law

Professor Dr. Milos Vec

Visiting Faculty

Professor Dr. Timothy Everett Nielandar

Visiting Faculty

Rinzin Wangdi

Associate Professor

Sonam Tshering

Associate Professor
Associate Dean for the JSW Law Research & Library Services

Tashi Tshomo

Junior Lecturer

Thuji Wangmo

Junior Lecturer

Tshering Dhendup

Assistant Professor

Tshering Pem

Adjunct Faculty

Ugyen Lhamo

Adjunct Faculty

Ugyen Wangdi

Assistant Dean

Yeshi Lhamo

Lecturer

Family Law and Tort Law