Summary Statment ملخص مهني
Rana Assi has been a law lecturer at Al-Istiqlal University for 10 years. She has been working in many departments at Al-Istiqlal, such as the international relations department. Assi is in charge of the legal clinic at the university for around eight years side by side with being law lecturer. Before that Assi worked at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in the European Relations Department, and worked as a lawyer at Ahmad Damanhory's law firm for one year. Assi has written and lectured in many legal topics such as the criminal justice system, criminology, international criminal law, crimes against people and white crimes. She has been a member in the Palestinian Bar Association since 2011. She earned her LL.M. in International legal studies and international criminal law in 2012 from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC. She attained her B.A from Birzeit University in 2009.
Education التعليم
Law School
Masters in Law, International Legal Studies, Georgetown University, 5/2012
Law school, Washington DC, United States of America.
Summer School, the Network Scholarship Programs Pre-Academic 7/2011
Summer Program, Bilgi University, Turkey.Bachelor in Law, Birzeit University, Law College, Birzeit, Palestine 6/2009
Employment History الخبرات العملية
Junior Palestinian Legal Experts 12/2018
Palestinian Women Experts 09/2018
Member in the Palestinian Bar Association 08/2011
Erasmus + Teaching Mobility
Anadolu University –Eskisehir – Turkey 26-30 Nov 2018
- Giving lectures about the Palestinian Legal System and the International Arbitration in the Middle East Countries and the Rule of the Legal Clinic at Al- Istiqlal University to more than 100 international students at the university for about five days.
Jessup Moot Court
Representing Al-Istiqlal University late March-April 2016
- Served as a Justice at Jessup Moot Court 2016 Washington DC, representing Al-Istiqlal University.
Instructor at Law Faculty
Al-Istiqlal University, Jericho, Palestine. 02/2013- Current.
- Instructor at Law Faculty.
- Giving the needed training for the students before their graduation about many legal aspects.
Al-Quds Open University, Bethlehem. 2014- Current
- Part time instructor
Instructor, Legal Clinic Coordinator
Al-Istiqlal University, Jericho, Palestine 06/2013- Current.
- Instructor at Law Faculty.
- Legal Clinic Coordinator.
- Giving the needed legal consultations for the people in Jericho and Jordan Valley area.
- Giving the suitable training for Law and Police Sciences Faculty's students in their Fourth year, in many different security services.
Instructor, coordinator in the International Relations Department
Al-Istiqlal University, Jericho, Palestine 02/2013 – 06/2013- Instructor at the Law Faculty
- Coordinator in the International Relations Department
- Responsible of European and American scholarships in the department.
- Coordinator of “International Humanitarian Law and the protection of civilians and civilian objects in Jerusalem” Conference May 2013 at Al-Istiqlal University.
- Member in the Moot Court Jury at Al-Quds University July 2013
Legal Intern
Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug 2012- Jan 2013
- Legal Intern in the European Affairs.
- Responsible of Eastern European Countries’ files.
- Responsible of the international legal contracts with the Europeans.
Lawyer Training
Ahmad Al-Damanhori Law Office, Ramallah, Palestine 69- 811
- Preparing cases for court.
- Researching and analyzing legal issues.
- Interviewing and attending pre-trial meetings.
- Writing memos and briefs for submission to the court.
Teaching التدريس
1. General Penal Code
2. Private Penal Code 1
3. Private Penal Code 2
3. Introduction to law
4. Legal Terminology.
5. Democracy and Human Rights
6. Criminology and Crime Scene
7. Criminal Evidences.
8. Crime Scene
9. Seminars.
10. Cyber Crimes.
11. Corruption Crimes in Palestinian Legislation.
Conferences / Talks مداخلات علمية / مؤتمرات
. CONFERENCES / TALKS:
1. Traffic Safety and Law Conference Dec.2021
2. Workshop about "Rights in Water" in Nablus Oct. 2021
3. Workshop about cybercrimes Oct.2019
4. Workshop organized by Anti-corruption Commission Feb.2019
5. Workshop about the legal aid project Mar.2019
6. Conference organized by ICHR Dec.2018
7. Workshop about the capital punishment Oct. 2018
8. Lecture for the women at Geftlek / Jericho about raising the legal awareness about their rights. Sep. 2013
9. Lecture about raising the legal awareness for the school students. Marj Naaja/Jericho Feb. 2014
10. Lecture about the Cons for working at the Israeli Settlements Nov.2014
11. Workshop about the citizen's rights in Jordan Valley at Ein Al-Sultan/ Jericho May.2015Publications / Books المنشورات / مؤلفات
- Participation in writing a joint book between Palestinian universities on human rights and gender, under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Continuing Research Mar. 2022
Activities أنشطة
SERVICE:
1. Legal Clinic supervisor.
2. Moot Court supervisor.. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Junior Palestinian Legal Experts 12/2018Palestinian Women Experts 09/2018
Member in the Palestinian Bar Association 08/2011
Honors and Awards جوائز و مرتبة الشرف
1. Masters scholarship from Open Society Foundation. 2011
2. The Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education scholarship for B.A degree / BirZiet University. 2005
Interests / Skills اهتمامات / مهارات
Courses British Support Team
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- Leadership Course TOT Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2019
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AMIDEAST – Ramallah
- Training in Legal Research Methods 0910-1010
- Training in Legal conversation 1010-1110
- Study Time Management 1010-1110
- Course in Conversation and Interview Skills 1210-0111
- Course in Legal Academic Writing 1010-0111
- Intensive English Courses for two years 06�9-0711
Skills
· Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
· Working under pressure and within workgroup.
· Proficient in English and Arabic, elementary knowledge of French and Spanish.
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