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Dr S Chelvan

33 Bedford Row Chambers and Southampton Law School, Uk

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The author, Dr S Chelvan, is a multi-award winning user, person of colour, first-generation Jaffna Tamil immigrant, who lives with a disability, and self identifies as a refugee lawyer, academic, consultant for policy development shaping both nationally (UK Home Office) and globally (UNHCR/IOM/European Asylum Agency).  Dr Chelvan is a charismatic media legal commentator in the United Kingdom, and abroad.  He holds a First in Politics and Law from Southampton University (1998, ranked first in department of seventy),  a Masters in LawFrom Harvard Law School (Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholar), and 2 Doctorates, one Research PhD from Kings College London (2019) and an Honorary Doctorate from the Open University for his commitment  to education of the under-privileged, social justice and the rule of law.  Dr Chelvan was called to Bar by Inner Temple as a Major Scholar in October 1999 and since November 2020, he joined 33 Bedford Row Chambers as Head of Immigration and Public Law (dc@33br.co.uk ). He has been profiled consistently inTier 1 in Legal 500 for Immigration at the London Bar since 2017. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for International Law and Globalisation since September 2022.

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