Prior to joining the College of Law as a Teaching Fellow, Moeen Cheema taught as an Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, from 2004-2008. In addition to developing the curriculum for and teaching core and elective law courses at the Department of Law & Policy at LUMS, Moeen pursued his research interests in administrative law, comparative constitutional frameworks and corporate governance. From 1999 to 2003 he practiced as a securities lawyer in the United States of America, where he gained experience of securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, securities litigation, and general corporate transactions pursuant to U.S. federal and state laws.

Comparative constitutional and administrative laws, South Asian legal history and Islamic law

'From the Hudood Ordinances to the Protection of Women Act: Islamic Critiques of the hudood Laws of Pakistan', forthcoming in (2009) UCLA Journal of Near Eastern and Islamic Law (with Abdul Rahman Mustafa).

'Judicial Patronage of "Honor Killings" in Pakistan: The Supreme Court's Persistent Adherence to the Doctrine of Grave and Sudden Provocation', (2008) 14 Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 51.

'Cases and Controversies: Pregnancy as Proof of Guilt under Pakistan's Hudood Laws' (2006) 32 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 121.

'Corporate Governance in Developing Economies: The Role of Mutual Funds in Corporate Governance in Pakison', (2006) Vol 36(2) Hong Kong Law Journal (with Sikander Shah).