Prof. Shakeel Kazmi is Professor of Law at Haub Law School at Pace University, New York. He taught at NYU Abu Dhabi, as Professor of Practice Legal Studies from January 2014 to September 2020. Prior to joining NYUAD, he taught Global Warming and Climate Change at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. He also served as a senior research fellow at Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Pace University School of Law, New York and Center for Beijing Energy Development, North China Electric and Power University, Beijing.

He holds a Doctor of Laws degree (SJD) and a LL.M from Pace Law School, New York and a LL.M from American University Washington D.C. He also attended New York Law School, New York for one full year. In his more than 15 years of teaching in New York, Abu Dhabi, and China, he had worked with students of all levels from a diverse background, and he developed various courses. In China, he had the honor to introduce first climate change law course at Wuhan University and taught as a founding professor of energy and climate change law at Ocean University, Qingdao.