The Emerging Legal Profession in Qatar: Diversity Realities and Challenges

Deehring, Melissa

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3328067

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The Emerging Legal Profession in Qatar: Diversity Realities and Challenges

Melissa Deehring (2020) The emerging legal profession in Qatar: diversity realities and challenges, International Journal of the Legal Profession, DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2020.1749059

26 Pages Posted: 13 Feb 2019 Last revised: 10 Aug 2020

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Melissa Deehring

Qatar University - College of Law; Harvard University - Harvard University, Harvard Extension School, Harvard University Extension School, Students

Date Written: February 3, 2019

Abstract

In the West, women have practiced law and advocated greater gender diversity in the legal profession for more than a century. In Qatar, concepts such as ‘equality of opportunity’ and ‘diversity or inclusion in the profession’ are virtually unexplored by research and only beginning to appear in casual conversations. While the number of women studying law in Qatar has significantly increased, the number of women practicing law as prosecutors, judges and lawyers has not directly correlated. This article will use Qatar as a case study to analyze how culture and modern development affect the feminization of Qatar’s bar and bench.

Keywords: Qatar, Diversity, Legal Profession, Lawyers, Judges, Legal Education

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Deehring, Melissa, The Emerging Legal Profession in Qatar: Diversity Realities and Challenges (February 3, 2019). Melissa Deehring (2020) The emerging legal profession in Qatar: diversity realities and challenges, International Journal of the Legal Profession, DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2020.1749059, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3328067 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3328067