Shabina a solicitor and a lecturer in law. She is an International Family Law Consultant at Dawson Cornwell, a specialist international family law firm. She teaches Sex & Gender in the Legal Process at the University of Buckingham, Advocacy and Professional Ethics at the University of Greenwich.  

Shabina is described as an “exceptional lawyer” and a “pioneer in her field“, she is featured in Management Today’s “35 Women Under 35, 2020 ” List of Britain’s Brightest Young Business Leaders.

Shabina is a UN recognised authority on child, early and forced marriage. She is an expert in domestic violence, honour based violence, forced marriage, stranded spouse and female genital mutilation cases; and additionally has a specialism in children disputes.

Shabina graduated with a LL.B from Greenwich University and completed her LL.M at Cornell University. She was awarded the Blackstone Entrance Exhibition Award and the Lord Lowry Scholarship by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2008. She was called to the Bar in 2009. In 2012 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship enabling her to travel to Sri Lanka, Cambodia and India to conduct legal research on the issue of acid violence. In 2013 was admitted as a solicitor. In 2014, she was awarded a Churchill Fellow Medallion, by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, for her research. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 2017 to undertake research on child and forced marriage in the USA. She leads the way in researching and championing the rights of women and girls.