Our History
London Law Tutor® was founded in 2012 by Dr Usman Malik and incorporated as a private limited company, with a global vision of providing world-class law tutoring, legal education and careers consultancy to law and non-law students across the globe.
Dr Usman completed his secondary education in Canada before returning to Pakistan to study law. In his final year he was the Commercial Law Teaching Assistant at Universal College Lahore (formerly University College Lahore), which teaches the University of London's International LLB. After graduating with upper second class honours and a distinction in Company Law, he completed the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School and an LLM in Corporate Law at University College London (UCL), graduating with merit and a distinction for his dissertation. In 2018 he was awarded a distinction in a second Master of Laws, the LLM in Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School, followed by a PhD in Corporate Law. He continues to lead London Law Tutor and to build its reputation for excellence in law tutoring, legal education and legal careers consultancy worldwide.
Milestones
- LLB: University of London International Programmes, upper second class honours with a distinction in Company Law
- 2012: London Law Tutor founded in London
- 2013: LLM in Corporate Law, UCL, with merit and a distinction for the dissertation
- 2018: LLM in Legal Practice, Nottingham Law School, with distinction
- PhD in Corporate Law: doctoral research on corporate sustainability, accountability and governance
In Dr Usman's words
Education is perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can take from this world. With this in mind, if I am to be called greedy for taking more than my fair share, then so be it. I have enjoyed the privilege of travelling the world and taking a little of its gift at every opportunity. In my younger years in Pakistan I was a keen learner who watched my elders closely. I took that culture with me to Canada, where I spent my teenage years and went through high school. Returning to Pakistan with a fresh outlook on the world, I completed the intellectually rigorous LLB through the University of London's International Programmes, and this is where my passion for teaching was ignited: I wanted to share the world's wonderful gift and give back a little of what it had given me.
I then moved to the UK, equipped with several cultures and a wealth of legal knowledge, completed the Legal Practice Course and went on to the LLM in Corporate Law at UCL, which I was awarded in 2013. Along the way I twice observed corporate legal practice at Baker McKenzie's Bahrain office as a summer associate. In 2018 I earned my fourth legal qualification, a second Master of Laws with distinction, followed by a PhD in Corporate Law, where my interdisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional research focused on corporate sustainability, accountability and governance.
When I began my legal studies I was not sure what to expect, but my thirst for knowledge grew with the intellectual demands of the degree, and my commercial awareness was nurtured by my lecturers. Looking back, it was the best time of my life, because it made me the person I am today. The strong work ethic of my lecturers and tutors at Universal College Lahore, Nottingham Law School and UCL has stayed with me, and I try to bring the same tenacity and confidence to everything I do. None of it would have been possible without the support and inspiration of my father, for whom education has always been the means to a richer life, not in a materialistic but in an intellectual sense.
My passion for the law, and a desire to share what I had gained over my academic life, fed my entrepreneurial spirit, and in the winter of 2012 I founded London Law Tutor Limited. What we have built is more than a tutoring platform. By bringing together a team of exceptional people from some of the best universities in the world, we have created a tutoring company like no other, and our research keeps us at the forefront of legal education and practice.
Dr Usman Malik
Founder and Managing Director
