Vision: To empower the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to create positive change by providing a transformative educational experience that fosters excellence in public policy and leadership education. Through rigorous academic programs, innovative research, and a commitment to public service, the goal is to develop visionary leaders capable of addressing society's most pressing challenges, promoting civic responsibility, and transforming communities to shape a more just, equitable, and well-governed future.
Mission: The College of Law & International Relations is dedicated to achieving excellence in legal education, advancing scholarship, and providing comprehensive training. The goal of the program is to be a premier program that expertly combines legal education with governance and public policy expertise, developing a new generation of professionals skilled in crafting and implementing policies that promote positive social change and uphold justice and equity.
Study Plan
This course is designed to help students succeed in the College of Law and International Relations by focusing on and improving students'92 legal writing skills. Students will improve their Arabic writing by learning proper grammar, punctuation, and word choice. Through various readings and writing exercises, students will learn how to structure arguments, explain the law, and organize information for a variety of legal documents. Students will become more proficient legal writers through both formative and summative assessments. By receiving and providing feedback, students will gain confidence in their written communication skills.
Introduction to Law is designed to give students an overview of the law and the legal system. This course will provide students with an overview of legal concepts, procedures, terminology and current issues in law including constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, contracts, family law, renters and landlords, real estate, employment law and wills, trusts and probate. The course is also designed to develop the student'92s issue identification skills.
Define explain and illustrate the concept of Land Law, real estates and interests in land, freehold titles, buying and selling registered and unregistered land, modes of acquisition of title to land, freehold and leasehold estates, trust titles, easements, usufructuaries, contractual encumbrances, freehold covenants and Torrens land settlement and registration systems.
Introductory to learning the law, to know the scope and main divisions of Islamic Law system, to understand differences if any between Islamic Law and major legal systems and know and comprehend the meaning of law under Islamic and other systems and the place of law and its interaction within other social, normative, and behavioral sciences.
Explain and describe sources and origins of laws applicable in the KSA, legislative process, administration of justice, types and hierarchies of courts and tribunals, legal institutions, advocacy , public prosecution, solicitor general and the ministry of justice.
This course introduces students to the process of public policy development, from identifying societal issues to designing and evaluating policies. The course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of public policy, exploring the roles of government, political actors, and institutions in shaping policy. Students will learn how policies are created, implemented, and evaluated, with a focus on policy design principles, tools, and frameworks. Key topics include the policy-making process, stakeholder analysis, regulatory frameworks, and the role of evidence and data in policy formulation.
1. Courses from the College of Law and International Relations 12 (36 credit hours)
2. College of Business 2 (6 credit hours)
3. Electives 6 (18 credit hours)
4. Major required 20 (60 credit hours)
5. 6 months internship (9 credit hours)
Total 129 credit hours