The Law Department at the American University in Cairo (AUC) has two graduate legal programs: the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree Program in International and Comparative Law, and the Master of Arts (MA) Degree Program in International Human Rights Law. The Department is located in Cairo, Egypt. Students come from the United States, Europe, and Africa, in addition to Egypt and the Middle East. The language of instruction is English. Established in September 2005, the department has over 100 students, who participate in regional as well as international moot courts and conferences, such as the African Human Rights Moot Court competition and the annual Law and Society conference. In August 2009, the law department moved from its original location in Garden City in central Cairo to AUC's New Cairo Campus. Classes will still be held in the Tahrir Square Campus in downtown Cairo for the school years of 2009-10 and 2010-11. The LL.M. Program at AUC is officially known as the Ibrahim Shihata Memorial LL.M. Degree Program in Comparative & International Law. The Program is named after Dr. Ibrahim Shihata, who served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the World Bank from 1983 to [ - ]

The Law Department at the American University in Cairo (AUC) has two graduate legal programs:... [ + ]