Bijal Shah is a Professor and Provost Faculty Fellow at the Boston College Law School, and the recipient of the Boston College Law School Faculty Prize for Excellence in Scholarship in 2023. Before joining BC Law, she was an associate professor at the Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and an acting assistant professor at the NYU School of Law. In Spring 2022, she was a visiting professor at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law. 

Before entering the academy, Shah was Associate General Counsel for the Department of Justice/Executive Office for Immigration Review. In this position, she wrote immigration regulations, legislation and national policies on behalf of the Attorney General, White House, and Congress. Earlier in her career, Shah served as a Presidential Management Fellow in the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and served details in the Department of Justice, Homeland Security headquarters, and State Department.