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Dr Khadijah Mohamed is an Associate Professor at the School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), where she has currently served as the University Legal Advisor since April 2022. In this capacity, she is responsible for the university’s legal governance and provides legal opinions and assistance for matters involving the university.
Dr Khadijah earned her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1995 and Master of Laws (LLM) in 2001 from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She subsequently obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training in 2009 and her PhD in Law (intellectual property) in 2012 from Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Before her academic tenure, she practised as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.
Her administrative leadership includes serving as Deputy Director of the UUM Innovation and Commercialisation Centre (2019–2022), where she oversaw intellectual property portfolios, and as the LLB Programme Coordinator (2013–2014), where she managed curriculum development, course evaluations, and professional accreditation renewals.
Her international academic experience includes serving as a facilitator for a postgraduate research training programme at Newcastle University (2009–2010) and a tenure as a visiting academic at the University of Glasgow (2015–2016) under a postdoctoral scholarship focusing on intellectual property and competition law. In 2019, she was selected by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to participate in the prestigious WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property in Geneva.
Her teaching portfolio spans undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering legal research methods, intellectual property law, law for technology management, and professional ethics. Her research focus is on intellectual property law, employment law, and commercial law, with a specialised interest in legal ethics and institutional governance.
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