Legal mind in American Universities

We don't know the law, but we inform you how they expiate legally, (we don't teach you the law, we teach you how to think as lawyers), this was the first among its reputation in the Law Faculty of the Georgetown group of Professor of introduction to American law, the word was a shock to me as a student and educated in Saudi Arabia, and Bunting professors from across the Arab world, much of our focus was on the information itself, conservation, evaluation tests were focused on the extent to The student information delivered by Professor lecture.

I didn't understand the words right assimilation began to lecture corporate law, I expected that the lecture will address the types of businesses, and restructured the relevant provisions and advantages, but what started the lecture asked Professor on the facts of a specific case and why that company went bankrupt, and what did the Director-General and the Governing Council, and the position of the owners of this conflict, over half the time the lecture I am wondering is this a corporate law or article in business management, for the debate to court and how this is derived Governance, Professor told us so you have to look at the facts as legal specialists in companies,

I know the American legal school a school based on case law, unlike the Latin school are based on legal theories, but I want to explain here is the way education and breeding Queen to law student on analysis and conclusion, comparison and inference, other than teaching method based on memorization and indoctrination across the Arab world, in particular in the academic,

This methodology is also reflected on the student's assessment, I recall in one of the universities I had taught master's friend, while working at a Bank, and was among the materials examined by the banking system, and studied by Professor of Arabic States, at the end of the semester my friend discovered that deposit in the banking system, rush went to Professor asks why the repetition perhaps an error in monitoring degrees, answered Mr. already you deposit, asked him why, he said you are the best students in the The subjects, but the answer was personal and did not remember your diligence as you deliver your presentation, what ensures me that you actually examined the article well or not, unfortunately the answer was the worst, most horrific, lit the professor teaches students in the subject of company law in the final test, taking a complete with the contradictory answers, cause analysis and logic that the polarizing sound and convincing, was

Phase master, and indeed may not be overloaded law student you of legal information, but in fact acquired analytical tools and systematic method of thinking, is the Foundation on which to build the future of scientific and professional with the permission of Allaah.

Started doctoral thankfully at the same College, Georgetown University, and Ph.d. in nature more specialized, depth, take our years of age on one issue, other professionals in your field may not read only one book--within an hour,

Objective of the Ph.d. program was clear from the beginning, and is directed by independent scientists (independent scholar), that was aimed at Masters programmes is directed by professionals, the doctorate is in science and research specialist flour and objective, so articles on methodology and common year doctoral students in research methodologies, analysis and criticism and comparison, philosophy and legal theory,

At the end of the year the student determines the methodology the methodology to follow in his research, as the Saudi legal, legal referentials Islamic jurisprudence and research topic would be the theoretical framework for debt trading in the secondary market, they choose to be analytical and research methodology compared to American law,

The second shock was here, the supervisor asked me why I chose to be a comparative search with us law, I take advantage of experience and. .. He agreed with you in the field of applied only but in the theoretical domain does not agree with you, theories of Islamic jurisprudence is an ancient and stable theories spanning more than a thousand years and its methodology and logical and its history, while us law theories with a history and roots and a separate extension, I said to him then?

In theory focused on Islamic jurisprudence and make your search an extension of its schools, in your understanding of the reality of the secondary market for debt and take advantage of the law and how to understand the u.s. legal, let you look at your understanding of reality from the on‑screen legal jurisprudence, and actually completed the search in accordance with the methodology and thankfully so automation,

This neutrality, objectivity and respect and appreciation for other theories and philosophies are a source of strength and the evolution of American universities nowadays and which make them ahead of other European universities that are the oldest and the most experienced, and who make a lot of researchers from around the world would prefer to complete postgraduate studies at American universities because it will choose the appropriate research methodology and dissertation without requiring specific and rigorous methodology.

The academic experience at Georgetown University and thankfully a very rich and very useful, in the next article, God willing a quick overview of my career in a law firm in Washington, DC.