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Sunday, 14, August, 2005 (09, Rajab, 1426)
Women Lawyers
Mody Al-Zahrani . Al-Watan
The announcement by King Saud University in Riyadh that it
plans to open the first law department for women is good news. This bold step
comes at a time when demands are rising for women to be allowed to practice
their religious and other legal rights. The demands are particularly pressing
since many of the educated women, not to mention who have little or no
education, are unaware of these rights.
Many do not know how to respond to a situation involving a
biased husband, oppressive brother or ignorant father. In most cases these poor
women find themselves forced to give up many of their rights to avoid further
complications. The question here is what kind of qualifications would the
university require from the students who want to join the legal profession?
This is very important because the legal profession is not like any other work,
it requires talent and the ability to communicate and know how to address
peoples' problems.
For sure, we don't want to face a situation where a female
lawyer is approached by a women plaintiff who can't access a male dominated law
office, and then finding herself in need of a lawyer to help her address the
situation.
What we need more than having female lawyers is to activate
the role of lawyers at courts to be able to convey the grievances of women.
This calls for the establishment of special family courts and police sections
to address problems involving women and children. Female lawyers would then be
able to perform their work as required.
Just four years separate us from the date of seeing the first
female law graduates joining the profession. The Ministry of Justice must
prepare for this.
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