The Red Velvet Lawyer

Exploring and Countering the Linkages between Organized Crime and Terrorism The United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is organizing, with Qatar University College of Law, a conference in Doha over the next two days.  The conference is entitled: Exploring and Countering the Linkages between Organized Crime and Terrorism.   Panels will explore the following topics: Background on the fight against organized crime and terrorism from the UN perspective and presentation of the E4J teaching modules for tertiary education. Literature review and educational issue paper. Nexus between transnational organized crime and terrorism initiative. Preventing terrorist activities in charitable organizations. Identifying linkages. Regional frameworks. Regional linkages - Africa. Regional linkages - Asia and Europe Regional linkages - Middle East Wrap-up with recommendations.

The Dean of the Qatar University College of Law Provides a Perspective On April 16, 2018, Dr. Mohammed A Al-Khulaifi, Dean of the QU College of Law, wrote an op-ed piece for the Qatar Tribune, one of the English-language papers published in Qatar.   Entitled Terror Financing: A Crime that Requires Global Responses, Dr. Al-Khulaifi argued that regulating terror financing required a two-front approach: (1) supervising charitable contributions, and (2) preventing financial crimes or other illegal economic activities. He posed two questions: (1) What are the international standards that are designed to prevent and combat financing terrorism?, and (2) How does the State of Qatar comply with these standards? He then outlines the international framework for combating terrorism financing, including the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism (1937); the Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (1963); the Interna...

Heads Down  and Do Your Own Work! That's what I tell my College of Law Students as we shift to more independent writing in my Legal Research & Writing I course.  Through Week 8, we slowly build the scaffold for this independent work with case briefs, exercises, and sample writings. Last year at this time, I was not so enthusiastic about the work ethic of my male students.  Almost half the class was not prepared to handle this challenging course in a second language.  Several students tried to close the gap with attempts at cheating.    But this year, the students are far more mature (many have jobs and families) and most of them have pretty good English-language skills.  The students with very good language skills lead discussions and set the pace.  I am very proud of Hamad, Abdullaziz (both of you), Mohammed (several of you), Awad, Amer, Fahad, Hadi, Hussein, Saoud, Walid, Khalid, and Jaber (and his "Egyptain lawyer" tutor). ...

Statement of Lawyers for Good Government Lawyers for Good Government: Congress and the American people must prevent interference with the Special Counsel investigation As an organization of more than 125,000 attorneys across the country, we (Lawyers for Good Government) are deeply concerned by recent reports that President Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and/or Special Counsel Robert Mueller. If President Trump fires Rosenstein or Mueller, or takes other actions to obstruct their investigation, Congress and the American people must take immediate action to protect the rule of law and preserve our democracy. As lawyers, we have sworn to uphold the rule of law, a key ideal on which American democracy is based. Upholding this ideal means that no one - not even the most powerful individual in our government - is above the law. Any attempt by President Trump to interfere with or terminate the Special Counsel’s investigation would be cont...