Conference on
Judges in Lebanon: Prospects and Challenges
Under the Auspices of the Minister of Justice
The Beirut Commodore Hotel
July 2 and 3, 1999
Day One: July 2, 1999
08:30 – 09:00 Registration of Participants
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks:
- President, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Paul Salem
Keynote Address:
- President, The Judicial Studies Institute, Chebib Moukalled
Opening Remarks:
- Executive Director, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Samira Atallah
09:30 – 11:15 Session One
Chairperson, Denise Khoury
- The Model Judge in the Lebanese Judicial System, Nizar Saghieh
- Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:30 Session Two
Chairperson, Tareq Ziadeh
- Curriculum, Teaching Methodology and Faculty of the
Judicial Studies Institute, Bishara Matta
- Recruitment and Selection of Potential Judges: Methods of Selection,
Characteristics of Candidates, and Factors Affecting their Selection, Sami Mansour
- Discussion
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Session Three
Chairperson, Afif Shamseddine
- The Judicial Studies Institute: The Financial and Administrative
Structure of the Institute and its Relation with the Judiciary Sector and
the Ministry of Justice, Chebib Moukalled
- Information Technology and its Role in Judicial Education, Roukos Rizk
- Discussion
Day Two: July 3, 1999
09:00 – 11:00 Session Four
Chairperson, Khaled Qabbani
- Graduation of Judges and their Court Appointments, Monah Mitri
- Professional and Educational Development of Judges, Ghaleb Ghanem
- Discussion
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00 Session Five
Chairperson, Edmond Naim
- The Social Impact on the Participation of Women
in the Judiciary Sector, Maysam Al-Noueiry
- Professional Situation and Development of Women Judges and
their Impact on the Judiciary Sector, Mary-Denise Meouchy
- Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Closing Session
Chairperson, Philippe Khairallah
- Approaches to Strengthening the Judicial Studies Institute: Improving
the Recruitment, Training, and Education of Judges
- Recommendations and Concluding Remarks
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