Message from the Director
The General Administration of Legal Affairs plays a vital role in ensuring that the university’s operations run in accordance with legal and regulatory standards. By providing legal oversight and support, the administration helps maintain high performance and compliance across all university services and activities—essentially acting as a safeguard for the institution.
The administration is responsible for reviewing, developing, and advising on proposed regulations, policies, and legal frameworks. It also provides legal opinions on administrative decisions, contracts, agreements, memorandums of understanding, and legal studies. In addition, it monitors the implementation of these regulations and decisions to ensure they are properly applied.
The importance of the Legal Affairs Administration is reflected in its broad scope of responsibilities and its collaboration with various university administrations. This cooperation helps uphold the rights and responsibilities of all university staff and faculty members.
With a team of qualified legal professionals, the administration is committed to delivering accurate legal advice, reviewing all contracts and agreements to ensure their legal integrity, and representing the university in legal and judicial matters before relevant authorities.
Director of the General Administration of Legal Affairs
Mr. Abdel Aziz Al-Hammad
What We Offer?
The General Administration of Legal Affairs plays a vital role in ensuring that the university’s operations run in accordance with legal and regulatory standards. By providing legal oversight and support, the administration helps maintain high performance and compliance across all university services and activities—essentially acting as a safeguard for the institution.
" Develop the legal department’ system.
• Establish an integrated legal library and pay field visits to the competent authorities for this purpose of benefiting from their expertise.
• Answer inquiries from the University Rector and also those received from various colleges and departments at the university.
• Study and prepare consultations received from the university Rector.
• Study minutes of colleges’ boards received from the University Rector.
• Study documents referred to the department such as Councils and different committees’ minutes and give legal opinions about what was taken from the decisions and recommendations.
• Review regulations, agreements and contracts received by the Legal Department in terms of legal procedures and formulation.
• Represent the University in various cases brought before the Grievance Board and the judiciary departments.
• Prepare notes of the university defense before the Grievance Board, judicial authorities and other parties in all cases and matters where the University is part in it.
• Study matters relating to the observations received from control & observation parties and coordinate with relevant authorities to prepare a formal response.
• Participate in committees specified by the powers granted by the Rector.
• Study the powers delegated by the university officials to their subordinates to clarify the extent of their validity and provide them with the necessary recommendations for the benefit of work.
• Systematic review of the memoranda submitted to the University Council and the Council of Higher Education upon request.
• Participate in the investigation committees and disciplinary procedures to the university employees according to their authorities."
The importance of the Legal Affairs Administration is reflected in its broad scope of responsibilities and its collaboration with various university administrations. This cooperation helps uphold the rights and responsibilities of all university staff and faculty members.
With a team of qualified legal professionals, the administration is committed to delivering accurate legal advice, reviewing all contracts and agreements to ensure their legal integrity, and representing the university in legal and judicial matters before relevant authorities.
