Shakeel Ahmed Samdani (21 June 1961 – 8 May 2021) was an Indian academic scholar who served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Aligarh Muslim University.

He was a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and authored books including Uniform Civil Code: Problems and Prospects, Maintenance of Muslim Divorcee and Understanding Human Rights and Law.

[3] In July 2020, the Law Faculty of the AMU organized its first ever virtual international conference on Globalization of Justice through ADR under his deanship.

He established the Sir Syed Awareness Forum in 2004 and served as its founder president and director.

He has written 241 research papers/ articles in various books and journals in English, Urdu and Hindi.