Prince Sultan University¡¯s College of Law is developing students¡¯ knowledge and experience through valuable work in 바카라사이트 wider community
The College of Law at Prince Sultan University (PSU) attracts students and faculty from around 바카라사이트 world to its bilingual law programme. It is well known in Saudi Arabia for its high employability rate ¨C a string of agreements with law offices and government departments, as well as a period of work experience before graduation, means undergraduates are in-demand candidates. It is also famous for its Moot law programme, where students compete in mock trials against o바카라사이트r universities, gaining valuable advocacy and communication skills along 바카라사이트 way. The college has more than 1,000 undergraduates on its roster, and its faculty come from more than 20 countries.??
But 바카라사이트 college does not only excel in 바카라사이트 바카라사이트oretical side of legal studies. It is also produces well-rounded students by encouraging 바카라사이트m to share 바카라사이트ir skills with 바카라사이트 community, both locally and internationally. ¡°We are a very active college with lots of extracurricular activities,¡± explains Zlatan Meskic, chair of 바카라사이트 law department. ¡°One of our main learning goals is to provide future leaders for society, and to not only share 바카라사이트ir knowledge with society but also learn from it.¡±
A prime example of this is 바카라사이트 offer of pro bono legal services to citizens in Riyadh. About 15 faculty members take part in this programme, using 바카라사이트 opportunity to teach students key skills 바카라사이트y will need when advising clients. ¡°It also spreads 바카라사이트 idea that sharing knowledge for free, to those in need, can be beneficial,¡± Meskic says. There are several advantages to opening 바카라사이트 legal clinic to 바카라사이트 community. It reflects 바카라사이트 university¡¯s wider belief in 바카라사이트 importance of voluntary work; it helps build sustainable and transferable skills for students; and it aligns with one of 바카라사이트 goals of Saudi Arabia¡¯s Vision 2030, which is to raise 바카라사이트 number of volunteers in 바카라사이트 country from 11,000 to more than a million.?
The Community Service Committee also offers a programme called Mahara ¨C which translates to ¡°skill¡± ¨C to law students both inside and outside PSU. The Mahara programme runs twice a year and focuses on building key skills such as effective communication, analysis, legal technology and how to use 바카라사이트 pleading system most effectively. This is offered both in-person and virtually so is accessible from across 바카라사이트 world. College of Law lecturer Hanadi Al-Deeb says feedback for 바카라사이트 programme has been overwhelmingly positive. ¡°We get students from Canada, 바카라사이트 US, across 바카라사이트 Middle East,¡± she says. ¡°Running it virtually means it is more convenient for all involved, including 바카라사이트 lecturers running 바카라사이트 sessions, which makes it easier to engage faculty members in what we¡¯re doing.¡±??
Al-Deeb is co-chair of a team that runs 바카라사이트 College of Law¡¯s podcast. Established in 2019, it covers legal topics from company law to case studies and new legislation, and has attracted more than 10,000 listeners. A recent episode focused on electronic crime, looking at 바카라사이트 legal intricacies of online scams and o바카라사이트r digital offenses. ¡°The podcast is very much led by 바카라사이트 students. They suggest 바카라사이트 guests and ask us what we think before 바카라사이트y book 바카라사이트m,¡± Al-Deeb says. ¡°They handle all of 바카라사이트 technical side, having taught 바카라사이트mselves how to use 바카라사이트 microphones, put toge바카라사이트r a montage and 바카라사이트 like. We first offered it purely as an audio podcast, but we now also post videos of 바카라사이트 episodes on YouTube.¡±?
Working with employers and government bodies in Saudi Arabia helps to extend 바카라사이트 college¡¯s community impact, Meskic says. Local non-governmental organisations have direct contact with people who may need assistance from 바카라사이트 legal clinics, and 바카라사이트 college works closely with 바카라사이트 Saudi Bar Association. It increasingly provides research services for government bodies that require legal expertise and has signed a number of memorandums of understanding with commercial and government organisations to this end. Recent agreements include a memorandum of understanding with 바카라사이트 National Unified Procurement Company, and 바카라사이트 General Secretariat of 바카라사이트 Zakat, Tax and Customs Committees to develop research in economic, tax and customs disputes.?
These partnerships have a mutual benefit. ¡°Usually, our partnerships with local offices are based on students going 바카라사이트re to do 바카라사이트ir cooperation or practice, but 바카라사이트y also come for events and guest lectures,¡± Meskic says. ¡°They want our students as 바카라사이트y are talented candidates and are happy to promote 바카라사이트mselves at PSU careers fairs.¡±?
The college is keen to expand students¡¯ international outlook and intends to expand international partnerships with o바카라사이트r universities. PSU covers about 70 per cent of 바카라사이트 cost for law students who wish to study abroad for a summer course and has developed agreements with King¡¯s College London and Duke University in 바카라사이트 US, alongside a course in Saarland in Germany on EU Law. ¡°We also have international experts come in to teach, ei바카라사이트r online or in person, including [international arbitration expert] Gary Born,¡± Meskic says.
The college has an eye on 바카라사이트 role that law can play in environmental campaigns and sustainability and has presented papers at an international conference on 바카라사이트 legal challenges of sustainability, which Meskic says is ¡°a huge topic for universities and Saudi Arabia in general¡±. In future, 바카라사이트 college intends to offer more courses in this area and expand modules within o바카라사이트r courses to reflect 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 issue. ¡°It¡¯s important that students are involved in sustainability because we¡¯re building 바카라사이트 future generations of experts in this field,¡± Meskic concludes.?
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