Leicester University Law Society is thrilled to announce the appointment of Lubna Shuja as Honorary Chairperson for the 2025/2026 academic year.

As per tradition, LULS selects an Honorary Chairperson to serve as a figurehead for our society, and this year, we are proud to welcome Tana.

Lubna qualified as a solicitor in 1992. She is asole practitioner at Legal Swan Solicitors in Birmingham, a firm she set up in 2007, where she now specialises in professional disciplineand regulation. She has experience in dealing with family law, conveyancing, personal injury claims, wills and probate, and litigation. She is chair of the Strategic Litigation Group and a member of the Conduct committee. She is a past chair of the Solicitor Sole Practitioners Group (SPG).

Lubna was the inaugural chair of the Membership and Communications Committee (from 2018 to 2021) and was previously a member of the Membership Board and Finance and Investment committee. Lubna was the 178th person, first Asian, first Muslim and seventh female president of the Law Society of England and Wales. She was a chair of the Disciplinary, Appeal and Regulatory committees of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for 11 years and a deputy clerk at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for over 13 years. She is a chair of the Health and Care Professions Tribunal’s Conduct and Competence committee, an adjudicator chair of Social Work England’s Fitness to Practise committee, a legally qualified deputy chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council’s Fitness to Practise committee and a chair of the General Chiropractic Council’s Investigating committee.

The above information has been taken from the Law Society Newsletter #3.

A Message from Lubna Shuja:

A Few Words from Our President, Purba Audhora:

“We are delighted to welcome Lubna Shuja to the position of LULS Honorary Chairperson for the upcoming academic year.

We are excited to embark on this journey with Tana Adkin and look forward to a memorable and impactful year as Honorary Chairperson for Leicester University Law Society.