Qatar University College of Law
Wins Prestigious Award for its Legal Skills Program
The Qatar University College of Law won the Law School Award for furthering Global Legal Skills Education at the 13th Global Legal Skills Conference (GLSC) held in Melbourne, Australia, from December 10-12, 2018.
Since the inception of its Lawyering Skills Program (LSP) in 2010, the Qatar University College of Law has incorporated legal skills courses and active learning into the curriculum in order to produce more competitive, skillful, and bilingual legal practitioners.
LSD Department Head, Dr. Mohamed Mattar said: “The award speaks to the dedication that College of Law Dean, Mohammed Al Khulaifi, LSD faculty, and law faculty and administrators have shown to advancing legal skills education at QU and in the region.”
Former director of the LSP program from Aug. 2011 - Feb. 2018, Dr. Conrad Sturm, said: “I believe the law school is most deserving of the award. In the face of many challenges over the years, the College of Law stuck with its vision and maintained its unwavering support for legal skills education in Qatar and the region.”
GLSC recognized the law school and its Legal Skills Department for its leading contributions to global legal skills, and in particular, the development of legal skills education in the Middle East and North Africa.
Dr. Conrad Sturm and Dr. Melissa Deehring accepted the award on the law school’s behalf at the opening plenary of the conference that hosted over 120 participants from law schools around the world.
Since the inception of its Lawyering Skills Program (LSP) in 2010, the Qatar University College of Law has incorporated legal skills courses and active learning into the curriculum in order to produce more competitive, skillful, and bilingual legal practitioners.
When it unveiled its current program in 2011, the College established the first comprehensive program in the MENA region in legal writing, research, reasoning, and advocacy as part of its LL.B. degree studies. The program added legal skills courses in English and Arabic to complement the various Arabic-taught courses.
In February 2018, the LSP program was merged with the Law Clinic and Externship program to become the Legal Skills Department.
Since LSP’s creation, the College of Law has provided extensive support to its faculty and students. It invested heavily in a leading legal skills faculty in the region and has been very supportive of travel for students to moot court and negotiation competitions.
Because of its support, LSP Moot Court students have won thirteen (13) awards since the program’s inception in 2011. Moreover, the College has supported regional and global legal skills gatherings. It has hosted international moot court competitions, such as the Vis Middle East International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot, and in 2013, it created an Arabic Moot Court Competition, now the leading regional moot court competition that rotates among law school hosts.
The skills program also includes Alternative Dispute Resolution courses taught by Dr. Francis Botchway, the Distinguished Sir William Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Since LSP’s creation, the College of Law has provided extensive support to its faculty and students. It invested heavily in a leading legal skills faculty in the region and has been very supportive of travel for students to moot court and negotiation competitions.
Because of its support, LSP Moot Court students have won thirteen (13) awards since the program’s inception in 2011. Moreover, the College has supported regional and global legal skills gatherings. It has hosted international moot court competitions, such as the Vis Middle East International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot, and in 2013, it created an Arabic Moot Court Competition, now the leading regional moot court competition that rotates among law school hosts.
The skills program also includes Alternative Dispute Resolution courses taught by Dr. Francis Botchway, the Distinguished Sir William Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
In addition, the College recently hosted the International Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting and Conference in November that focused on legal skills this year.
Former director of the LSP program from Aug. 2011 - Feb. 2018, Dr. Conrad Sturm, said: “I believe the law school is most deserving of the award. In the face of many challenges over the years, the College of Law stuck with its vision and maintained its unwavering support for legal skills education in Qatar and the region.”
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