Widely recognized as one of the rising formidable lawyers of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Shah Monjurul Hoque started his legal career towards the end of 1980s when he became an LLB student. He obtained his LLB (Hons) and LLM degrees from Islamic University, Kustia, Bangladesh in 1991 and 1992 respectively. He was enrolled as Advocate in 1995 and as an Advocate of High Court Division of Bangladesh in 1996. In 2011 he was also enrolled as an Advocate of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, thus having the right of audience in every tier of the judiciary.