Issue 01 Fall 2016 Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law Introduction Lectures and Talks Prof. Dr. Martin Lau, Dean of School of Law Lahore High Court Chief Justice Highlights Sesquicentennial Celebration On behalf of everyone at the School of Law, I am delighted to introduce you The Honourable to this first edition of our e- Mr. Justice newsletter. We intend to make it a Mansoor Ali regular publication and to use it to Shah, Chief Justice keep in touch with alumni and friends of the Lahore High of the School of Law. Since beginning Court, visited the my Deanship in September 2016, I School of Law on 1 have met and talked to many of you, and have felt so very December 2016 to deliver the Khalid Ishaque warmly welcomed into my new role by the entire School of Law Distinguished Lecture. To a packed audience, he family. As we begin the New Year and the Spring Semester, I am delivered an insightful lecture examining the past 150 pleased to share with you some recent highlights and years of the Province’s High Court, its achievements, developments at the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law. as well as current challenges. The Chief Justice’s lecture was part of the month-long calendar of events LUMS 6th National Moot Court Competition 2017 commemorating the Lahore High Court’s 150th anniversary. Prof. Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Vice Chancellor of The Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, in collaboration with LUMS, welcomed the audience and the evening was the LUMS Law and Politics Society, is proud to host the 6th concluded with a Vote of Thanks delivered by Dr. LUMS National Moot Court Competition in April, 2017. Parvez Hassan, Chair of the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law Advisory Board. This was followed by a For the 6th time, the Competition will bring law students from reception, ably supported by Mr. Shahnawaz and Mr. all over Pakistan to Shaikh Ahmad Hassan’s dedicated Asifa Iftikhar. Irfan Moot Court - a modern version of the famous Court Number 1 of the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court - to Panel Discussion on Arbitration engage in three days of intensive and high-level advocacy and litigation training. As in previous years, esteemed judges and In October, senior lawyers will be invited as adjudicators. The LUMS the School of National Moot Court Competition plays an important part in Law hosted a fostering the mooting culture across Pakistan’s law colleges. seminar entitled “Arbitration, its Organising a national moot court competition is expensive - we scope and invite potential sponsors to contact Ms. Nimra Arshad, challenges in President of the LUMS Law and Politics Society, by e-mail at Pakistan”. Participating in a panel discussion and Q&A “[email protected]" or Prof. Dr. Martin Lau at with students, Mr. Khawar Qureshi QC, Justice (Retd) “[email protected]". All sponsorships will be duly Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, and (now) Justice Jawad acknowledged at the Award Ceremony. Hassan addressed the merits of arbitration as a means Newsletter https://sahsol.lums.edu.pk 1 of dispute resolution amongst international businesses, as well School of Law receives Chinese Delegation as the specific challenges of introducing arbitration into the legal system of Pakistan; and discussed some of the case-law The School of surrounding the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Law welcomed Pakistan. a delegation of Chinese officials Seminar on Judicial Independence from the Guangdong The School of Law in Intellectual conjunction with the Property Office in October, where they met with Punjab Judicial Academy What's Inside? faculty members, staff and students to discuss areas hosted a seminar on of mutual interest, and to explore avenues for possible strengthening judicial collaboration and cooperation, in the field of independence and access Intellectual Property Law. to justice in September. In attendance w ere those who had a professional interest in the issue - civil as well as additional sessions judges. The speakers, Prof. Dr. Martin Lau and Mr. Research Justice (Retd.) Jawwad S. Khawaja highlighted the importance of judicial independence not just as an essential ingredient of Faculty Research Mentoring courts’ rule of law commitments, but also as a cornerstone of a The School of Law has instituted fortnightly research democratic society; and emphasised that the right to a fair trial seminars for faculty to present papers on their current depends on the independence of judges. work, and to further the individual research goals of faculty members. Focus Group Discussion on Gender Equality Research Methods Workshops The School of Law in conjunction with the Student pursuing Senior Project and Independent Friedrich Naumann Study work are supported by dedicated research Foundation conducted methods workshops, where they learn first-hand a Focus Group about the process of conducting scholarly research. Discussion on "Gender Equality and Human Rights” in September. The discussion LUMS Law Journal focused on fundamental rights in the legal system of Pakistan, among other topics. Participants included Dr. Almut Besold, Dr. We are pleased to announce that volume 3 of the Martin Lau, Mr. Zia Ullah Ranjah, Dr. Zubair Abbasi, Ms. Neha LUMS Law Journal (LLJ) has been finalised. In order to Ali Gauhar, and Ms. Marva Khan, as well as a number of increase readership and publicity, the LLJ v. 3 will be students, lawyers, civil judges and religious scholars. printed and distributed by the Pakistan Law House. Contributions span a number of legal themes, with topics ranging from "DNA Evidence in Pakistani Visits to the Law School Courts: An Analysis" to "Religion and State in Late Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed visits School of Law Mughal India: The Official Status of the Fatawa In October, we had the Alamgiri". Recent judgments of Pakistan's high courts honour to welcome to and the Supreme Court are discussed and analysed in a the School of Law The dedicated "Case Notes" section, and recent legislative Honourable Justice Gulzar enactments in a separate "Legislative Reviews" Ahmed of the Supreme section. Court of Pakistan for an interactive session with Research Leave the Law Faculty. Faculty members presented their current Three members of faculty, Professors Sikander Ahmed research projects and academic interests to Justice Gulzar, who Shah, Sadaf Aziz and Dr. Ali Qazilbash, are currently on provided insights into the topics based on his vast experience in research leave. the judiciary. To find out more visit https://sahsol.lums.edu.pk/news-at-sahsol 2 External Activities Student Engagement MoU between Aurat Foundation and the School of Law Dean's Welcome Tea The School of Law Prof. Dr. Martin concluded a Lau hosted the Memorandum of Dean’s Understanding (MoU) Welcome Tea in with the September for Aurat Foundation, a law students national NGO working to across all five years. Undergraduate students and improve the status of Pakistani women. Under the terms of the faculty gathered outside the Dean’s Office for snacks MoU, the Aurat Foundation and the School of Law will provide and conversation, and the informal atmosphere students with internship opportunities with the aim of allowed students the opportunity to introduce facilitating knowledge transfer between the Foundation and the themselves to the Dean as well as mingle and interact School of Law, and collaborate on designing research and policy with members of the faculty. grant applications, focusing particularly on areas of human rights and gender. Academic Advisement Students join Max Planck Foundation Study Tour Faculty Advisors set aside two days for dedicated Academic Advisement sessions to meet with BA/LLB Maria Khan, Ayesha Ahmed and students before Spring Semester course registration. Orubah Sattar Ahmed were The one-on-one academic advising was accompanied among a total of six participants by a guidance note on recommended BA courses to from Pakistan to be selected for provide help with course selection and to explain a study tour of international degree requirements especially for BA law students. courts and tribunals. The tour, organised by the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, New Developments included visits to the European Court of Human Rights, the New Elective Courses Nuremberg Court, the International Criminal Court and the Council of Europe. The School of Law has introduced six new electives for LLB Seniors and Super-Seniors: Law and Policy in Mooting Cyberspace (Ms. Mehtab Khan), Competition Law and Having won the Pakistani Rounds, Antitrust (Ms. Maria Irfan Khan), Law and Practice of Team LUMS, consisting of Ahmed Tariq, International Commercial Arbitration (Mr. Umer Maria Khan and Omer Imran Malik, Akram Chaudhry), Law and the Dangerous Man (Mr. participated in the 12th Henry Dunant Emad Ansari), Courts as political institutions Memorial Moot Court Competition (co-taught by Mr. Justice (Retd) Jawwad S. Khawaja, (South Asia Rounds) held in Scholar-in Residence at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 2016. School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Mr. LUMS has also qualified for the Asher Qazi) and International Law from the South: a critical perspective to decolonise (Dr. Muhammad International Rounds for the Oxford Price Media Law Moot Azeem). Court Competition to be held at the University of Oxford in April 2017. Improved Study Facilities Team LUMS will also participate in the Pakistani Rounds for the Students now have access to a full array of study Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition to facilities, including the now fully functional and be held in Islamabad in early February. Team LUMS was accessible Dr. Parvez Hassan Reading Room and the awarded the Best New Team Award at the International Rounds UBL Computer Lab. We will also soon be providing held in Washington, D.C. for the year 2016.