Mr Nabil H Khabirpour

Biography

Nabil's research covers the fields of European Union Law, Human Rights, Access to Justice and Philosophy of Law. He serves as Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and as Governing Body Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Lucy Cavendish College. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for European Legal Studies. 

In addition to his research and teaching, Nabil serves on the Editorial Board of the European Human Rights Law Review and is the Founder and Director of the Law Corner, a pro bono and public interest organisation dedicated to widening access to justice, empowering students and contributing to prevalent discourses surrounding law and justice in society.  

Prior to moving to academia, Nabil was a full time practitioner in the field of international dispute resolution, conducting litigation in the civil courts and arbitration in various fora. He regularly acted on cases relating to Business and Human Rights, Natural Resources, Competition, State Aid and Governmental work. He maintains a practice in EU and Human Rights Law as an independent consultant and academic expert.

Nabil read Law as an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, graduating with First Class honours and as recipient of the Thomas and Elizabeth Walton and the Rosalind, Lady Carlisle Prize for overall Tripos performance. He then pursued graduate studies at the University of Oxford as a scholar of Brasenose College, where he graduated top of his year across the BCL, MJur and MLF in European Union Law and was awarded the Faculty’s Winter Williams Prize. Shortly before entering practice, Nabil held a visiting research position at Harvard Law School.

Lectures and talks 

• The Nature of Values in Supranational Legal Orders
• The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom 
• The Life of a Case in Practice
• A conversation on Law, Access to Justice, European Identity and Religion in Society