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The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SPEAKER SERIES Graduate Programs, in collaboration with the Islamic Law Society, presents:

ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES OF SAUDI ARABIA’S GUARDIANSHIP LAWS

Speakers: 

Kristen Coffey, JD Student

Kristen is a 3L JD student who plans to practice Immigration Law. She is originally from Birmingham, AL. Her undergraduate degree is in International Studies with a concentration in the Middle East and North Africa. She is the Co-President of Lambda Law Society, former executive board member of Women's Caucus, and is a member of the Islamic Law Society, the Student Immigration Law Society, the Black Law Student Association, and the Hispanic Law Society.

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Hannah Croucher, JD 2L Student

Hannah Croucher is a 2L evening student with a focus on international human rights law in the Middle East through the Program in International Human Rights Law. She is particularly interested in women’s rights, civil rights, the refugee crisis, rule of law, anti-human trafficking, prison litigation, and immigration. She is the Secretary for the Islamic Law Association and is in her second year as a research assistant for Professor Frank Emmert, Executive Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law. Croucher is also a law clerk with Michael K. Sutherlin and Associates, a civil rights attorney located in downtown Indianapolis, where she works on and helps lead cases involving a variety of civil rights abuses - mainly prison litigation and Eighth Amendment violations of inmates being denied their medical rights, causing severe medical issues or death. Croucher is also in her last semester of second year Arabic study and aspires to work in the Middle East.

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ISLAMIC CONCEPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN AND ITS APPLICATION IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES

Speaker:

Rakan Alharbi, LL.M, Law Lecturer, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Rakan Alharbi is from Saudi Arabia.  He earned his Bachelor of Islamic Law “Shari’a”  degree from Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia; and his Master of laws (LL.M) from University of Missouri – Kansas City. He is currently working under supervision of Professor Frank Emmert to complete his dissertation titled “Toward The Development of Saudi Women’s Rights: A Critical Analytical Study of The Impacts of Cultural Norms and Saudi Religiosity Over The Operation of Women’s Rights of Employment and Freedom of Movement: Problems and Solutions”. Mr. Alharbi also completed several research projects related to women’s rights in Islam and its application in Saudi Arabia such as modern and traditional Islamic thinking toward guardianship law in Saudi Arabia.

Moderator:  Professor Karen E. Bravo, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and  International Affairs

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All are welcome.