Law

The program’s mission is to develop the legal education in Palestine and provide it with unique scientific research leading to the preparation of a legal staff conversant scientifically and practically, and equipped with the skills and values needed to practice legal actions and expertise legal methodology which contributes in raising the level of various legal professions which offers services to the Palestinian community, as well as developing and strengthen relationships with justice institutions and law faculties in Palestine and abroad, beside preparing students to pursue their graduate studies.

  • Develop legal education including interactive teaching techniques, working in groups, developing student’s critical analysis skills aiming to create a generation of creative graduates with creative abilities who are able to innovate, compete, and have the ability and power to contribute in the attainment of the development objectives for Palestine.
  • Enhance scientific research skills through writing legal researches according to the proper legal methodology.
  • Qualify students with the minimum legal skills in order to have qualified students to practice the law and legal consulting. Also equipping them with creative skills such as creative thinking, analyzing, criticizing and elicitation.
  • Build student’s personalities in a way that enables them to compete, have the ability and power to contribute in finding creative solutions to important problems in the Palestinian society, and achieve development objectives.
  • Contribution in raising the development level through legal consciousness development locally, regionally and internationally.
  • Sufficient knowledge of the legislative policies and proper legal wording in order to contribute in setting and developing the Palestinian legislations in order to keep up with all periods of development.
  • Sufficient knowledge of analyzing and commenting on judicial decisions
  • Having legal skills to face problems with legal solutions.
  • Sufficient capacity to study the prevailing legal systems and modern legislative developments.
  • The ability to formulate legal pleadings, contracts and legal consultation.
  • Having scientific research skills in order to prepare the students to pursue their graduate studies and to buildup their spirit of learning.
  • High efficiency in personal and institutional performance.
  • Having the spirit of leadership, innovation and creativity in legal fields.
  • Equip students with creative skills such as critical thinking, analyzing, criticizing and Elicitation.
  • Graduates who have integrity and desire to achieve justice while having legal missions.
  • Graduates who have creativity and excellence in various areas.
  • Lawyer or legal advisor for governmental departments or private institutions such as banks, companies, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.
  • Prosecutors, judges in courts or public servants in ministries and governmental institutions.
  • Engage within civil society institution.
  • Legal researchers and academics in public and private education institutions.
,
  1. Concentrations: 15 Credit Hours:

Credit hours

Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

Group one:

12 credit hours from Focus the public prosecution and maintain order

JURI414

Forensic Medicine-Based Evidence and Criminal Laboratories

JURI334

JURI4141

Criminal Trial Skills

JURI334

JURI4142

Interrogation and Examination Skills

JURI334

JURI420

Legislative Drafting

fourth year standing

JURI424

Legal Examination of Human Rights

(JURI130 or CULS230), 4th year standing

JURI4241

Criminology and Penology

fourth year standing

JURI434

Philosophy of Law

JURI130, fourth year standing.

Froup two:

12 credit hours from Lawyer's Focus

JURI411

Mock Trials

JURI339

JURI4111

Lawyering Skills

Fourth year standing

JURI4112

Legal Counselling

Fourth year standing

JURI420

Legislative Drafting

Fourth year standing

JURI4211

Insurance Law

Fourth year standing

JURI4212

Land Law

JURI3311

JURI4311

Alternative Conflict Resolution Mechanisms

JURI337

Acceptance to the Faculty programs are based on student's achievement in high school according to the announced rate at the time.

Academic plan for the program consists of 142 credit hours, distributed as follows:

Requirements

Credit Hours

University Requirements

19-20

Faculty Requirements

29

Major Requirements

88

Elective Courses

6-5

Total

142