Who We Are? Center for Legal Studies, Consultations and Arbitration
The Center for Legal Studies, Consultations, and Arbitration was established at Sana'a University in 2007 by Rector’s Decree No. (73). It is located in the northern wing, ground floor of the Faculty of Sharia and Law, New University, Sana'a. Contact: 01464732-781041377, second March 2026, dqacsu@gmail.com.
Center Services and Functions Overview: The Center for Legal Studies, Consultations, and Arbitration elevates the role of Sana'a University at the national level by providing a solid scientific foundation to advance the fields of arbitration and amicable dispute resolution, whether local, regional, or international. It strives to foster development in legal research, studies, and consultations, while raising public legal culture and awareness in a manner that boosts development efforts and enhances human and material resources. Furthermore, the Center provides specialized services in arbitration, academic research, teaching, legal and rights-related awareness, along with various other legal services.
Strategic Principles
Our Vision
To achieve leadership and excellence, locally and internationally, in education, research, legal consultations, and arbitration.
Our Mission
The Center seeks to elevate the university’s national role by providing a solid scientific foundation to advance the fields of arbitration and amicable dispute resolution at the local, regional, or international levels. It strives to foster development in legal research, studies, and consultations, and to raise public legal culture and awareness in a manner that boosts development efforts and enhances human and material resources.
Strategic Objectives of the Center
Provide specialized academic programs that adhere to quality and academic accreditation standards, contributing to the promotion of the principles of justice and the rule of law.
Supply society with qualified legal professionals who possess integrated knowledge and practical skills, enabling them to deal methodically and scientifically with practical legal cases and issues.
Provide an optimal educational environment that helps shape students' character and fosters the dissemination of legal knowledge across the community.
Deliver exceptional, high-quality educational, training, consultative, and research services that enhance the university's role in community service and meet society's needs in legal studies, consultations, and arbitration.
Organize and participate in various scientific events (seminars and conferences) and develop partnerships and cooperation with relevant local, regional, and international entities to exchange expertise and practices.
Analyze and study Yemeni legislation, contribute to the interpretation and analysis of legal texts, and provide recommendations to competent authorities regarding gaps or flaws to facilitate amendments and legal reforms.
Analyze the current state of the judiciary, highlight discrepancies between legal texts and judicial enforcement, and recommend appropriate measures to ensure the correct application of the law.
Contribute to providing conciliatory solutions for disputes between parties (both private and corporate/legal entities) through arbitration and legal mediation.
+450
Currently Enrolled Students
+1200
Total Graduates
100%
International & Local Accreditation
Center Leadership
Prof. Abdulwahab Abdulquddus Abdullah Al-Weshali
Center Units
Arbitration Unit
The Arbitration Center operates as an institutional body based on rules and regulations aligned with national legislation and international trends in dispute resolution (such as UNCITRAL, FIDIC, and BOT rules) and in accordance with the applicable laws designated by the parties. It receives and reviews cases and disputes referred by state institutions or the local and foreign private sector, resolving them through alternative, swift, and flexible mechanisms. It organizes training courses, conferences, and specialized seminars focused on arbitration. It provides all necessary arrangements, facilities, and assistance required to conduct arbitration proceedings. It manages the arbitration process through a well-organized, modern, and institutional administration. The Center establishes a flexible arbitration clause that helps contracting parties resolve potential future disputes in the fastest and most cost-effective manner.
Unit Vision
Managing the arbitration process through a well-organized, modern, and institutional administration that aims to achieve the maximum effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This functions as an alternative judiciary that has forcefully imposed itself on international commercial transactions and various business contracts, whose nature cannot tolerate the lengthy proceedings of public litigation.
Unit Mission
Receiving and reviewing cases and disputes referred by state institutions or the local and foreign private sector, resolving them through alternative, swift, and flexible mechanisms. Organizing training courses, conferences, and specialized seminars focused on arbitration. Providing all necessary arrangements, facilities, and assistance required to conduct arbitration proceedings.
Unit Aims
The Arbitration Center operates as an institutional body based on rules and regulations aligned with national legislation and international trends in dispute resolution (such as UNCITRAL, FIDIC, and BOT rules) and in accordance with the applicable laws designated by the parties.
Legal Consultations Unit
Providing legal consultations to the university, and drafting and reviewing its laws, regulations, and internal bylaws to ensure compliance with the principles of constitutionality and legality. Providing legal consultations to all government apparatuses, institutions, departments, and public authorities. Providing legal and economic consultations to the local and foreign private sector, and handling all necessary procedures to obtain investment licenses in accordance with the Investment Law and other applicable regulations.
Unit Vision
Providing legal consultations to the university, and drafting and reviewing its laws, regulations, and internal bylaws to ensure compliance with the principles of constitutionality and legality, and to guarantee they do not conflict with relevant legislation. Furthermore, this includes drafting contract templates and projects concluded by the university with third parties (resident and non-resident, national and non-national).
Unit Mission
Providing legal consultations to the university, and drafting and reviewing its laws, regulations, and internal bylaws to ensure compliance with the principles of constitutionality and legality. Providing legal consultations to all government apparatuses, institutions, departments, and public authorities. Providing legal and economic consultations to the local and foreign private sector, and handling all necessary procedures to obtain investment licenses in accordance with the Investment Law and other applicable regulations.
Unit Aims
Providing legal consultations to the university, and drafting and reviewing its laws, regulations, and internal bylaws to ensure compliance with the principles of constitutionality and legality. Providing legal consultations to all government apparatuses, institutions, departments, and public authorities.
Liberties and Human Rights Unit
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research dedicated to establishing and promoting optimal human values in society. Contributing to the development of educational methods rooted in human and rights values ordained by all divine messages. Organizing courses, seminars, and lectures aimed at fostering constructive dialogue between governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with human rights. Addressing refugee rights as an essential component of the humanitarian framework protected by international human rights conventions.
Unit Vision
Working to provide literature and publications related to optimal human rights and their sublime civilized values, while establishing a statistical database and practical information regarding international and regional declarations and conventions, as well as national legislation concerning human rights.
Unit Mission
Communicating and coordinating with international, regional, Arab, and national organizations concerned with human rights in a manner that serves human rights and their sublime civilized values.
Unit Aims
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research dedicated to establishing and promoting optimal human values in society. Contributing to the development of educational methods rooted in human and rights values ordained by all divine messages.
Research and Studies Unit
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research across all branches of law. Preparing critical, peer-reviewed research and studies on Yemeni legislation to evaluate it and collaborate with relevant authorities to update and develop these laws, ensuring they effectively address and resolve contemporary issues.
Unit Vision
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research on the prevailing customs and traditions in society to evaluate them. This aims to identify positive aspects to utilize in addressing current societal issues, while raising awareness about negative aspects to avoid them—given their grave consequences that impact social stability, community security, and hinder progress and economic growth. These acts are designed to contribute to providing appropriate legal solutions, particularly for the twin issues of retaliation (tribal feuds) and the carrying of various types of firearms.
Unit Mission
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research across all branches of law, in comparison with the prevailing legal systems worldwide.
Unit Aims
Preparing peer-reviewed studies and research across all branches of law. Preparing critical, peer-reviewed research and studies on Yemeni legislation to evaluate it and collaborate with relevant authorities to update and develop these laws, ensuring they effectively address and resolve contemporary issues.
Training and Qualification Unit
Training and qualifying students of the Faculty of Sharia and Law by bridging theoretical knowledge with practical application through moot courts (mock trials). Training and qualifying legal professionals working in various governmental and non-governmental bodies by expanding their knowledge and insights across different legal fields to enhance their performance in handling contemporary and emerging challenges. Communicating with local and external training and qualification centers and institutes to strengthen relationships and exchange expertise. Managing the recruitment of external trainers and evaluators to oversee both the theoretical and practical aspects of the training process.
Unit Vision
Training and qualifying students of the Faculty of Sharia and Law by bridging theoretical knowledge with practical application through moot courts (mock trials). Training and qualifying legal professionals working in various governmental and non-governmental bodies by expanding their knowledge and insights across different legal fields to enhance their performance in handling contemporary and emerging challenges.
Unit Mission
Designing and organizing training and qualification programs, establishing admission criteria, determining course durations, and defining the mechanisms for awarding certificates to trainees.
Unit Aims
Training and qualifying students of the Faculty of Sharia and Law by bridging theoretical knowledge with practical application through moot courts (mock trials). Training and qualifying legal professionals working in various governmental and non-governmental bodies by expanding their knowledge and insights across different legal fields to enhance their performance in handling contemporary and emerging challenges.
Legal Culture Unit
Coordinating with media outlets to disseminate legal culture and educate the public about their rights and duties, with the aim of increasing legal awareness throughout society. Highlighting the Center's activities, managing its digital platforms and websites, and overseeing the publication of newsletters, studies, and research prepared by the Center. Compiling and documenting all national legislation and laws to integrate them into the electronic network, and collecting international and regional treaties and conventions to make them readily available to researchers and interested parties.
Unit Vision
Coordinating with media outlets to disseminate legal culture and educate the public about their rights and duties, with the aim of increasing legal awareness throughout society. Highlighting the Center's activities, managing its digital platforms and websites, and overseeing the publication of newsletters, studies, and research prepared by the Center. Compiling and documenting all national legislation and laws to integrate them into the electronic network, and collecting international and regional treaties and conventions to make them readily available to researchers and interested parties.
Unit Mission
Coordinating with media outlets to disseminate legal culture and educate the public about their rights and duties, with the aim of increasing legal awareness throughout society. Highlighting the Center's activities, managing its digital platforms and websites, and overseeing the publication of newsletters, studies, and research prepared by the Center. Compiling and documenting all national legislation and laws to integrate them into the electronic network, and collecting international and regional treaties and conventions to make them readily available to researchers and interested parties.
Unit Aims
Coordinating with media outlets to disseminate legal culture and educate the public about their rights and duties, with the aim of increasing legal awareness throughout society. Highlighting the Center's activities, managing its digital platforms and websites, and overseeing the publication of newsletters, studies, and research prepared by the Center.
Pioneering Graduate Programs
Master's in Arbitration
Driven by the needs of the labor market for arbitration and conciliation, and fueled by its increasing utilization in dispute resolution, arbitration has emerged as a vital alternative dispute resolution mechanism that is widely integrated into all types of contracts. The Master’s Program in Arbitration is designed to merge a solid academic foundation with comprehensive practical training. This ensures that every student acquires the essential expertise to navigate arbitration processes methodically and professionally, while heavily incorporating the dynamics of negotiation, mediation, and conciliation.
Program Vision
Delivering a high-quality Master's program in arbitration by implementing an academic curriculum that aligns with contemporary arbitration practices locally and regionally. The program aims to prepare professionals equipped with robust knowledge, research skills, and a deep understanding of the arbitration profession and its ethics, thereby meeting society's need for qualified arbitrators and contributing to comprehensive national development.
Program Objectives
- To provide accredited postgraduate programs that meet quality standards and address development needs.
- To enhance the efficiency and capacity of the Center’s human, financial, and material resources.
- To provide an outstanding academic environment that enables faculty members and students to achieve advanced scientific and scholarly outcomes.
- To participate in fostering national partnerships with government, private, and civil society sectors and institutions.
- To contribute to improving the university’s standing in regional and international university rankings.
Master's in Legal Performance Development
No specific description provided.
Program Vision
The program aspires to graduate specialized professionals who possess the capacity to deal methodically and scientifically with practical legal cases and issues, contributing effectively to community service in legal studies at the local, regional, and international levels. For this purpose, the program cultivates a professional environment and delivers an educational service centered on a high-quality curriculum and specialized faculty.
Program Objectives
- To graduate professionals who are scientifically and professionally qualified to compete effectively in the legal field.
- To contribute to local community service and raise public awareness in the legal domain.
- To contribute to the field of scientific research related to legal issues and cases.
- To periodically develop program specifications, courses, and processes, and enhance staff capabilities to keep pace with contemporary developments in the legal field.
- To achieve academic and research quality and apply its standards across the inputs, processes, and outputs of the Legal Performance Development Program.
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