Harvard University, named the best university in the world for the past nine years running, is to help in the establishment of a graduate law school in Doha alongside the Qatar Foundation, it was announced.
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development joined forces with Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) to set up a graduate law school at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha.
The planned institution will include three elements: a doctoral programme, a research institute and a faculty development programme, according to the Qatar News Agency.
IGLP will help in the development of the law school’s academic programme, admissions policy and exchange of academic and administrative know-how.
At present, IGLP runs a yearly workshop at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and it aims to replicate this project in Qatar, with the first of these workshops due to take place from January 4 to January 14 next year.
“We are delighted to announce this collaboration with one of Harvard Law School’s elite institutes. At the heart of this cooperation is Qatar Foundation’s vision to establish a centre of learning that will help revitalise legal education in the Middle East, and represent Islamic and Arabic legal traditions in the global dialogue on legal and governance issues,” said Dr Mohammad Fathy, president of Qatar Foundation.
“It is an honour to have been asked to help advise Qatar Foundation as it develops its plans to build a world class law school in Qatar,” added David Kennedy, Harvard Law School Professor and IGLP Director.
Established in 1817 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law School is one of the US’s oldest law schools, while Harvard University has been named the top university in the world for the ninth year running in an annual global list compiled by China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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