The Committee of Presidents and Directors of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the GCC decided at its 25th meeting in January to approve the request of Qatar University (QU)’s College of Law to establish a secretariat for the committee of colleges of law in universities and institutions of higher education in the GCC, and to host it.
The Colleges of Law Secretariat Committee, one of the joint work committees in the field of higher education, would seek to “implement joint projects with tangible and positive effects on the work of higher education institutions and the process of integration and co-operation between them”.
The Colleges of Law Secretariat Committee, like other college committees of various specialisations amounting to about 17 committees, is responsible for promoting means of co-operation between colleges in the GCC countries, including organising conferences, workshops and scientific forums, exchanging experiences between faculty members and supporting cross training between students and other scientific activities that would develop the legal work, including experiential legal education curricula, which include law clinics, practical laboratories, moot courts and externship.
Dr Talal Abdullah al-Emadi, dean of the QU College of Law and the secretary of the Colleges of Law Secretariat Committee, welcomed the mutual work between the various colleges of law in the GCC and expressed his aspiration to co-ordinate a meeting bringing them together to discuss and study a joint action plan based on the three major pillars known in legal education: legal knowledge, legal skills, and legal values.
