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Dr. Sami graduated from Mu’tah University with a Frist Honours Degree in law in 1996. Having received my LLM degree at the Law School, University of Jordan in February 1999, He worked as a Full-time lecturer of Criminal law and Criminal procedure. Before that, He worked as a legal researcher in the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for three years (1996-1999). He obtained a scholarship from the University of Jordan to pursue my PhD in Law in the United Kingdom. He joined the School of Law, University of Aberdeen in January 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Christopher Gane. His research is concerned with the Criminal Protection of Right to Privacy. Dr. Sami’s thesis is concerned with protection of the right to privacy in the English and Scottish criminal justice systems. It analyses the extent to which the right to privacy is protected by the substantive criminal law of those jurisdictions, as well as in their criminal procedural law. A part of the examination the thesis addresses the question of whether there should be a criminal offence of violating the privacy of another.

Academic Positions

Education

  • PresentFeb 2013

    Associate Professor of Criminal Law

    College of Law - Qatar University

  • Feb 2013Feb 2012

    Legal Expert, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

    Ministry of Justice - Qatar

  • PresentJul 2011

    Associate Professor of Criminal Law

    School of Law, University of Jordan

  • Jul 2011Feb 2004

    Assistant Professor of Criminal Law

    School of Law, University of Jordan

  • Mar 2012Mar 2011

    Part-time Legal Consultant

    Legislation and Opinion Bureau, Jordan Prime Ministry

  • Present2007

    Lawyer and Partner

    Al-Rawashdeh & Partners

  • Ph.D 2004

    Ph.D in Criminal Law and Human Rights

    University of Aberdeen

  • LLM 1999

    LLM in Criminal Law

    University of Jordan

  • LLB 1996

    LLB in Law

    Mu'tah University, Jordan