31st October, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The College of Law at American University in the Emirates, in partnership with the Emirates Association for Lawyers and Legal have launched the first edition of their magazine ‘Judicial and Legal Research’. The launch saw the presence of Advocate Zayed Al Shamsi, Chairman of Emirates Association for Lawyers and Legal, Prof. Dr. Muthanna Ghani Abdul Razzaq, President of the American University in the Emirates, Dr. Amer Al Fakhoury, Associate Dean of the College of Law, faculty members and students. The publication is aimed to bring together all the research work and information related to important legal matters in various fields such as civil, criminal, and international law. The title of the magazine applies to it’s content, wherein it brings together various laws and reforms and also the judiciary system that is used to interpret the law and apply it to a region/state.

The magazine largely aims to publish relevant research on law and related topics and help facilitate this information such that it is useful to people in the industry, whether they are lawyers, judges, university educators, or even students. The publication will also open doors to opportunities for researchers and students to have their work published in several languages such as Arabic, English and French, once it has been analysed by the evaluation team.

Expressing his input and speaking more on the idea behind the magazine, Dr Amer Al Fakhoury, Associate Dean of the College of Law said, “It brings me great joy to launch our own magazine by the College of Law, “Judicial and legal research”.

“Since the day we stumbled upon the idea, to all the hard work that went into realizing this publication, our driving force has been to provide opportunities for higher education and specializations in the field of law and judiciary, so we are able to contribute and prepare for successful graduate from this college, that are prepared with theory and practical work in the field of law so as to better serve their community,” he added.

The magazine Judicial and legal research simply helps students and researchers gain more knowledge by analyzing and encouraging research done by established researchers.