In Cooperation with Legislative and Legal Authorities Students Of the Legal Clinic at UoB Discuss Alternative Penalties

Sakhir – University of Bahrain – Mansoor Al-Wanni
27 September 2022
Students of the “Legal Clinic for Human Rights” course (LAW408) at the College of Law at the University of Bahrain (UoB) began research on the topic of “Alternative Penalties”, as part of the clinical training program provided by the College of Law, in cooperation with legal and legislative bodies in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The legal clinic program at the College of Law aims to prepare and qualify its students to engage in the labor market, and refine their skills and practical abilities, in a manner that contributes effectively to community service and community awareness of legal aspects.
While the Dean of the College of Law at UoB, Dr. Salah Mohammed Ahmed, stated: “During the first semester of the current academic year 2022/2023, about 29 students in the College of Law started clinical training and research on the topic of “alternative penalties”, one of the most important and relatively recent topics”, stressing that “the focus in the training is on the mechanism of applying the penal code, alternative measures and their applications, the authorities concerned with implementing the law, the support agencies’ role in activating it, and identifying the nature of the acts attributed to the convicts, in light of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s efforts in developing criminal justice and human rights, in order to provide optimal legal solutions to the problems raised by the subject in a way that serves public and private institutions, and all segments of society”.
In addition, Dr. Ahmed explained that “Students are trained outside the University of Bahrain, according to a pre-prepared scientific and practical methodology that aims to link theoretical study with practical application, in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council, the Legislative and Legal Opinion Authority, and the National Institution for Human Rights and the Ministry of Interior.”.
The Dean mentioned that students of the legal clinic course have started training since the beginning of the current semester, through a two-week preparation program, which includes a series of practical workshops related to the topic of “alternative penalties”, aiming to inform students of the legal practical reality with the various bodies cooperating with the center.
It is noteworthy that the legal clinic course project was launched in 2013, in coordination with legal and legislative authorities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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