Al-Quds University graduate Islam Talahmeh wins first place as a Palestinian in the Bar Association’s mock pleading competition.

Jerusalem - Ofoq News - Faculty of Law graduate Islam Talahmeh won first place in Palestine in the first mock pleading competition organized by the Palestinian Bar Association, with the participation of practicing lawyers, in a result that reflects her academic excellence and her ability to employ legal knowledge in practical practice.

Al-Talahma presented a legal pleading entitled “The Case of Implementing the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Related Legal Consequences of the Occupation and Military Operations in the Acadia Territory (Acadia v. Marina),” which she prepared in 51 pages. She was able to condense her arguments and legal supports into an oral pleading that did not exceed five minutes, followed by a legal discussion and questions from a jury that included nine law professors, which she answered efficiently before announcing that she won first place.

It is noteworthy that Al-Talahma graduate has a distinguished academic career at Al-Quds University, where she completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees with distinction, and has previous experience in pleadings and mock trials. It had previously participated with the university in mock proceedings in the Sultanate of Oman.

It is noteworthy that the Faculty of Law at Al-Quds University seeks to enrich students’ skills in dialogue, persuasion, and building legal arguments, and to enhance their abilities for critical thinking, analysis, and discussion, enabling them to transfer theoretical knowledge to practical application, in order to prepare graduates who possess the scientific tools and professional skills that qualify them to compete and excel from the beginning of their professional careers.