The Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is conducting a series of training programs for legal professionals across various ministries and government agencies.
The training programs, started on Aug. 31 and will run until Sept. 4, 2025, primarily cover enhancing digital forensic evidence examination skills, lease contract drafting skills, as well as a program on the regulations governing the work of experts under Qatari law, in collaboration with the Experts Department, to prepare and qualify a new cohort of experts to practice their profession.
The program of digital forensic evidence examination intends to advance the technical and practical skills of the participants and imbue them with the methods of preserving forensic evidence and examining this evidence during the investigation, whether it is conventional or digital, given its impact on the course of a criminal proceeding.
The program in question is structured into two key themes, mainly the general rules of criminal evidence and criminal evidence, as defined under the Code of Criminal Procedure Law No. 23 of 2004, and the Civil and Commercial Procedure Code, Law No. 13 of 1990 and its amendments.
It also includes practical applications covering the expertise standard and speed in acquiring and preserving evidence, the assessment of the weight of distinct types of criminal evidence, applications of the principle of evidence corroboration and evidence testing, as well as mechanisms for adapting means of proof and their impact on the judicial pronouncement in criminal cases.
The lease contract drafting skills program aims to familiarize participants with methods of drafting and structuring lease agreements and to develop their expertise.
The program curriculum is built around a trifecta of key pillars, established based on the Civil Code Law No. 22 of 2004, and Law No. 4 of 2008 concerning leases.
The first pillar addresses the general provisions governing lease agreements, while the second pillar examines the rights and obligations of lessors and lessees. The third pillar centers on the stages and clauses involved in drafting a model lease agreement.
The program further incorporates practical applications, including exercises in drafting lease contract clauses and presentations of model lease agreements, thereby imbuing participants with the skills to produce legally well-founded and professionally structured lease contracts.
Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Abdullah Hamad Al Khalidi, underscored the importance of these professional training programs and their roles in meeting the training needs.
The center, operating within the strategic framework of institutional modernization pursued by MoJ, and under the direct supervision of HE Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi, has established a suite of specialized training programs which are meticulously designed to align with the ongoing advancement of the nation's legal and judicial apparatus, particularly in technical domains that support the modernization of legal frameworks and enhance the capacity of the justice system, Al Khalidi highlighted.
He indicated that the center's initiatives are fully consonant with the sectoral priorities delineated in the Third National Development Strategy and the overarching objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
As part of its strategic vision, the center aims to address the nation's comprehensive training needs while strengthening its domestic partnerships to meet the professional development requirements of diverse governmental and quasi-governmental institutions and is committed to advancing legal professions and enhancing the proficiency of practitioners by designing and implementing specialized, practice-oriented programs that emphasize applied competencies, Al Khalidi underlined.
Al Khalidi further highlighted that the initiatives are meticulously tailored to cultivate a cadre of highly qualified national professionals across various legal disciplines, as well as related fields, thereby fostering the development of specialized technical skills and expertise among legal practitioners throughout the government sector.
For his part, Director of the Experts Department at the Ministry of Justice, Abdullah Bushahab Al Marri, underlined the consequentiality of this program which will equip the participants with the essential skills required in enforcing the provisions regulating the experts' works in Qatari Law No. 16 of 2017, regulating the works of experts, Law No. 13 of 1990 on the Issuance of the Civil and Commercial Procedures Law, in addition to Law No. 8 of 2023 on the Issuance of the Judicial Authority Law.
Al Marri affirmed that the program will be very useful for the participants as it will broaden their knowledge in terms of practicing this legal profession through familiarization with the organizational structure of the Experts Administration, delineation of its jurisdictional authorities and attendant responsibilities, and examination of the provisions governing registration in the Experts Roster, a comprehensive review of the legal obligations associated with the practice of expert professions across various categories, and more broadly, consideration of the regulatory framework governing expert activities under Qatari law.
