Sonia Riaz Hussain is working as Director Academics at ICLS. She is the supervisor for the Dissertation Module and Lecturer for Contract Law Module of the University of London LLB International Programme.

She has been working as a legal academic for the University of London Programmes since 2007 and is one of the few University of London Worldwide Recognised Tutors in Pakistan. She has also been an active part of the Providers Conferences held by the University of London over the years.

She completed her LLM (International and Comparative Commercial Law) from SOAS, UK. She has worked as the In-house Legal Counsel for Warid Telecom (Pvt) Ltd and the Punjab Healthcare Commission, Pakistan. She is a licensed Advocate of the High Court and was admitted as a member of the Punjab Bar Council in 2006.

She is also an accredited Civil-Commercial Mediator with ADR-ODR International, UK, also accredited by Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) and the Civil Mediation Council (CMC), UK. She helps in the management of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDRL) and is also part of the International Faculty of ADR ODR International for which trainings take place under ICDRL.