The Autumn School of the DAAD Taz'iz LegalLead project took place from the 30^th of September until the 5^th of October 2024 at the Faculty of Juridical, Political and Social Science of the University of Carthage. It brought together law students from the University of Carthage (Tunisia), the Al-Nahrain University (Iraq) and the University of Cologne (Germany) who were able to meet NGOs, experts and professors from all universities in various lectures, online workshops and group discussions. During the Autumn School, Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf held a lecture on “Mobilising the gender discrimination argument in third party interventions before the European Court of Human Rights” and Reza Khabook on “Constitutional law in Islamic countries from a comparative perspective”.

About LegalLead

Law schools play a crucial role in the development of democratic institutions and the rule of law. However, in order to create a positive impact on society, it is necessary to have strong and effective transfer structures, to bring the knowledge generated by academia into practical use. A young generation of advocates and political scientists needs soft skills, the ability of solution-oriented and critical thinking, as well as links to a network of decision-makers outside the university – from governmental institutions to local policy think-tanks and NGOs. The LegalLead project seeks to strengthen transfer structures of leading law schools in Iraq and Tunisia and Germany and does so by building up and improving the structures of law clinics at the partner universities on the topics of female empowerment and good governance.