The Second Annual Willem C. Vis Middle East International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot, in Muscat, Oman, took place February 29-March 1, 2012. The Vis Middle East Pre-Moot is organized by CLDP, the University of Pittsburgh School of Laws Center for International Legal Education (CILE), and the...

October 2011, CLDP and CILE introduced the Vis Moot and provided written memoranda training to a team from the University of Baghdads College of Law and a team from the University of Jordans Law Faculty. The training was held at the University of Jordan and consisted of fifteen students from both...

CLDP in conjunction with the Qatari Public Prosecution office, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organization for Economic Development (OECD) organized a Private Sector Integrity and Economic Development in Gulf Countries conference on May 10-11, 2011 in Doha, Qatar.

CLDP continues to provide assistance to the Middle East by assisting with the development of curricula that will introduce international norms and practices of commercial law to the law schools in the region. During this visit to four Gulf countries, CLDP provided guidance on teaching international...

CLDP experts met with representatives of the Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce to provide further guidance and drafting assistance on its New Commercial Code.

CLDP brought two senior US law school administrators to Qatar University, the University of Bahrain and Sultan Qaboos University College of Law in Oman to support these universities in implementing modern commercial law curricula. The US experts consulted with law faculty and administrators on...

MEPI sponsored a commercial law conference in Doha, Qatar on March 13 14, 2006 to address commercial legal reforms in the Middle East. Commercial Law in Transition was presented by the US Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in conjunction with the Qatar Ministry of...

CLDP collaborated with deans and law professors in universities in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE to provide administrative support to law schools to teach commercial law curricula, and provided expert law school administrators who are advising the faculties on a continuing basis.

CLDP provides additional assistance to the Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce as well as the New Commercial Code Committee in Qatar to continue to assist Qatar in revising its commercial code to comply with international standards. In the area of company and electronic commerce laws, CLDP...

Law Faculty from six major colleges of Law in the Gulf region met to discuss teaching tools and methods and curriculum development.