LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

About Us


The Department of Legal Affairs plays a significant role in SQU; it conducts legal studies and provides a legal opinion on matters referred to it. It also represents the University in courts and other legal forums or institutions. The Department reviews all contracts, agreements, and memorandums of understanding that the University signs with local and international institutions. The Decision Section in the Legal Affairs Department drafts and reviews various types of administrative decisions.

 

 

Vision Vision

  

Mission Mission

 

The rule of law in every sector of the university would become an example for Legal Departments in the different government Departments.

   Fostering respect for the law throughout the university.

 

 

 

Objectives Objectives

  

Values Values

 

Ensure that all university practices comply with existing laws, regulations, and decisions.

  

 

  • Professionalism
  • Quality legal services
  • Fostering respect for and adherence to the law throughout the university
  • Leadership and creativity in the resolution of university issues(creativity and excellence)
  • Perfection in legal services(continuous improvement and development, professionalism, and workmanship/proficiency)
  • Legal profession ethics
  • Teamwork, homogeneity, and contiguity

 

The Responsibilities of the Units

Coordination & Follow-up
  • Receive and record incoming mail electronically and, the established procedure is followed to send outgoing mail to concerned bodies and parties.
  • Print letters, memos, and reports referred to it by the director, his deputy, or other units within the department.
  • Save for easy reference in separate files copies of outgoing correspondence, decisions, circulars, contracts, agreements, and memorandum of understanding.
  • Oversee the department’s legal library, keeping it well organized and supplied with books, reference material, circulars, and periodicals.
  • By established procedures maintain the required stationery for departmental usage.
  • Acquire official newspapers and deposit them in the department’s library.
  • Supply the department’s units with official newspapers whenever necessary.
  • Supervise the department’s folders and correspondence and protect their confidentiality.
  • Follow-up with concerned bodies inside and outside the university on matters referred by the department, using the form prepared for this purpose.
  • Reply to inquiries referred to it from other coordination and follow-up units on all issues referred to the department.
  • Supervise updating of the department’s website.
  • Undertake any other tasks that are assigned.
Legal Studies
  • Prepare legal studies on issues referred to the unit by the vice-chancellor, his deputies, and all other relevant parties and provide a legal opinion.
  • By established procedures, investigate alleged violations by university staff.
  • As the law provides, represent the vice-chancellor in cases filed by or against the university.
  • Prepare litigation pleas and defense briefs in cases filed by or against the university.
  • Participate in commissions of inquiry, keep minutes of their deliberations, and protect their confidentiality.
  • Keep minutes of investigative committee meetings together with files on all suits filed by or against the university and protect their confidentiality.
  • Keep a record of laws and regulations for easy reference.
  • Prepare an annual report on the unit’s accomplishments and submit it to the department’s director.
  • Undertake any other tasks that are assigned.
Decisions & Bylaws
  • Prepare, draft, and review all decisions and circulars to ensure their compliance with existing laws and regulations and forward them in a style that facilitates approval by the vice-chancellor, his deputies, and all concerned parties.
  • Review the drafts of laws, regulations, and decisions referred to it and provide a legal opinion on them.
  • Participate in committees formed to prepare university bylaws and regulations.
  • Keep records of laws and regulations and make them accessible.
  • Prepare an annual report on the unit’s accomplishments and submit it to the department’s director.
  • Undertake any other tasks that are assigned.
Contracts & Agreements
  • Prepare, draft, and review all decisions and circulars to ensure their compliance with existing laws and regulations and forward them in a style that facilitates approval by the vice-chancellor, his deputies, and all concerned parties.
  • Provide a legal opinion on matters referred to it concerning contracts and agreements.
  • Keep copies of agreements, contracts, and memoranda of understanding.
  • Prepare litigation pleas and defense briefs in cases filed by or against the university where these concern contracts and agreements to which the university is a party.
  • Prepare an annual report on the units’ accomplishments and submit it to the department’s director.
  • Undertake any other tasks that are assigned.
Litigation Department
  • Representing the University before various types and levels of courts and arbitral tribunals in cases to be considered for and against the University as defined by the Laws.
  • Appealing against judicial decisions that the University doesn’t approve of within the mandated time frame.
  • Preparing pre-trial briefs and defense statements in cases brought before the court by or against the University.
  • Writing reports to Various Units of the University on the subjects pertaining the legal cases.
  • Following the implementation of court judgments and arbitrations against the University and preparing the official letters pertaining to the implementation.
  • Preparing reports on the Department tasks.
  • Any Other Tasks Assigned to the Department.

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