Lebanese Students Present Panel Discussion at IU McKinney March 1
03/02/2017
Several of IU McKinney’s LL.M. students from Lebanon gathered to present a panel discussion on the legal profession in their home country. The event took place on March 1 in the Faculty Lounge at Inlow Hall. The discussion was moderated by IU McKinney Professor Frank Emmert.
The speakers and their topics included:
- Melissa Hitti, “Special Tribunal for Lebanon”
- Sara I. Ismail, “Rights of Minorities: Women and LGBTQ Rights Under Lebanese Law”
- Khaled A. Mehdi, “The Joint Stock Company in Lebanon”
- Vanessa Mikhael, “Personal Status Law in Lebanon”
- Stephanie Semaan, “Introduction to the Lebanese Legal System”
- Cheryl El Tawil, “Criminal Law and Human Trafficking”
- Rindala Zgheib, “Overview of the Lebanese Criminal Procedural Rules”
In the photo from left are Tawil; Mikhael; Professor Emmert, who is the Executive Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law; Hitti; Semaan; Ismail, Mehdi; Professor Karen Bravo, who is the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and International Affairs; and Zgheib.
