Anmol Patel is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Anmol completed his Master of Laws program at Faculty of Law, University of Toronto where he discovered his interest in Critical Theoretical approaches to Traditional Knowledge, which is also the subject of his doctoral work. He holds a BBA LLB from School of Law, Auro University as a silver medallist securing merit-based scholarships throughout the five years. Anmol has worked at IFIM Law School, India as Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Dean’s Office where he taught Law of Contracts, Intellectual Property Rights, Labour Law, and Legal Methods to undergraduate students of law. He also established the school’s first IP Clinic, organised faculty development programs, coached teams that won laurels at national moot court competitions, and spearheaded efforts to build international collaborations apart from overseeing academic delivery and ranking and accreditation.  

Anmol has worked as a consultant for India with the Law School Admission Council, USA during its scaling up of operations in India and as a Research Fellow at Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, India focusing on interdisciplinary research as well as taking up teaching assignments, organising National seminars and skill-building workshops, and co-chairing the University’s Moot Court Society.  

Anmol has to his credit a book chapter publication in the area of Competition law and Intellectual Property Rights published by Springer, Singapore in 2018; Traditional Knowledge and Patent-intensive Industries (forthcoming) also to be published by Springer. Having served as the President of Auro University’s mooting committee, he has also participated in 4 national moot court competitions and secured the runner-up team position at the 2nd Anand National Moot Court Competition. He has interned under advocates and think-tanks including Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and Centre for Human Rights Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University. His current research interests are in the area of Critical Legal Studies, Intellectual Property Law, Legal Pluralism, and Health Law and Bioethics.