Monirah Fahad ALHamdan

   Tel: +966 (011) 8052447
Email:    monalhamdan@ksu.edu.sa                           

Research Interests
International Relations
Human Rights
Refugee Law
 

Career Highlights
2010 Receiving First Prize for Protect the Children Now Competition under the auspice of UNICEF held in Bahrain
2008 Being chosen to represent King Saud University at a conference concerning job opportunities for Saudi’s and meeting King Abdullah
 

Education
Tertiary
2005-2009                   Bachelor of Law (Hons) , Colleges of Law and Political Science
                                    King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 

2012-2013 LLM ( Master ) in Public International Law , Westminster University , London , UK .

Languages
Arabic fluent, English

Academic Achievements
2010: ‘Protect the Children Now’ Competition organised by Be Free Centre under the supervision of UNICEF, awarded first prize for drafting a model law for child rights promotion and protection in Arab World   
2009: ‘Arbitration ruling and its Appeal According to Saudi Arabian Law’ under the supervision of Professor Iman Mamoon, King Saud University         
2008: Protecting the Oceanic Environment within the Arabian Gulf, under the supervision of Professor Ekram Abdulrahim, King Saud University
Publications
2007 ‘Women’s work in law: The past, present and future’ Eastern Life (Dunia Alshark) Saturday 12^th May 2007 
2007 ‘   Women Legal Consultants but for Whom’   The University Message (Risalat Aljameah), 908, 19 January 2007
 2003 Contributed ‘What does pedagogy want from teachers and what do teachers want from pedagogy’ The Island (Aljazeera) no. 11067, 16^th January 2003
 

Certificates and Workshops
2010 ‘The successful speaker’ King Abdul-Aziz Centre for National Dialogue
2010 Conversational English, Faisal Academy from 12 January 2010– 8 February 2010
2009 Training in Legal Practice, King Saud University, from 6 October 2009- 15 November 2009
2009 workshop ‘Protecting the child’ The Third Regional Arab Conference, form 2^nd March – 4^th March 2009
2008: Workshop ‘Forgery in Signatures, Documents and Certificates’ Smart Centre for Consulting, 1 July 2008
2008: Training course, ‘Commercial Adulteration’, Smart Centre for Consulting, 4 March 2008 – 6 March 2008
2007: Training course, ‘Legal Language’ Saudi Arabian Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Riyadh, 30^th June 2007 – 2 July 2007
2006: Training course, General English, British Council, Riyadh, duration 5 weeks
 

Professional Experience
2009- Graduate Teaching Assistant , College of Law and Political Science, King Saud University,
Leader of the Legal Committee within the Youth Committee, The King Abdul Aziz Centre for National Dialogue,
Founding member, Committee of Legal Culture, College of Law and Political Science, King Saud University, Riyadh
Founding member, Law Club (Female Section), College of Law and Political Science, King Saud University, Riyadh
2005 – 2007: Faculty Representative on the University Newspaper, College of Law and Political Science, King Saud University, Riyadh
 

Seminars and Conferences  
2008: The Seventh National Conference for Intellectual Security ‘Work and Employment Opportunities’, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
2008: The Saudi Women’s Media Centre, ‘The contributions of women working in developing the society’
2007: The Fifth National Conference for Law Firms and Legal Consultants ‘The requirements of enhancing the performance within a variable world economy’ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2006: King Faisal Charitable Centre for Islamic Studies and Research Centre,’ The alternatives of prison punishment’ Riyadh, Saudi Arabia