Selected Achievements

 

Management Responsibilities at Qatar University:

  • Director of the Centre for Law & Development: Qatar’s leading law and policy research and capacity building centre.
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, International Review of Law:  bilingual open-access peer reviewed law journal
  • Attorney-General’s Taskforce on Reform of Rule of Law in Qatar: Developed National Strategic Plan for Law-Related Education, Chair
  • QU College management council
  • Managing Committee of QU Centre for Energy and Sustainability Law
  • Quality Assurance; Accreditation; Training for new faculty and TAs; International Recruitment
  • Course Directorships

Academic Management at Qatar University:

  • President’s Strategic Planning Committee: preparing 3 year QU Strategic Plans
  • College Strategic Planning Committee
  • Co-developer of Qatar’s first Law Masters programmes (LLM)
  • Accreditation Coordinator; Academic Affairs Committee; Research Affairs Committee
  • IT in Education; Technology Enhanced Learning Implementation Coordinator
  • University Committee on Exemplary Online Course Design; Committee on Course Descriptions; Preparing competent graduates; Committee for recruitment and training of junior national faculty

Selected Achievements at Qatar University

  • Advisor to Qatar Prime Minister’s Office on trade solutions to the Blockade of Qatar
  • Advisor to Qatar Negotiating Team for Paris COP21 UN Framework on Climate Change (2016-17)
  • Founded publication of bilingual law journal, the International Review of Law
  • Member of UNESCO Steering Group at QU from 2017
  • Led official trip for College of Law students to NATO, European Parliament, European Commission and European Council, in Brussels, Belgium
  • Training University faculty on teaching with technology
  • Coach of Vis International Commercial Arbitration Mooting Competition for QU Law students in Austria and the UAE. Team competed successfully and won the prize for Best Claimant Memorandum.
  • Ran ‘English for Lawyers’ programme in Qatar in conjunction with Pittsburgh Law School.
  • Organised internship programmes for QU Law students international law firms.
  • Set up collaborations with external law schools and institutions
  • Establishment of Sir William Blair Chair in ADR
  • Founding Director of Legal Writing & Advocacy Skills Centre; former Course Director for Legal English
  • Formed research and training MoUs with local and international organisations