press releases 2009

U.S. Government assists the Lebanese University Law Faculty

July 7, 2009

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Lebanon Mission Director Denise A. Herbol attended a press conference to announce the plan to strengthen the curriculum of the Lebanese University Faculty of Law.   The Lebanese Association for the Philosophy of Law will use USAID’s $47,164 grant to launch a campaign to introduce a legal philosophy course, “Jurisprudence/Philosophy of Law,” to the University curriculum.  Zohair Shakar, president of Lebanese University, Georges Khodor, the Mount Lebanon Orthodox Archbishop, Omar Halablab, the Director General of the Ministry of Culture, and the previous president of Lebanese University, Mohamad Al Majzoub, were present at the ceremony. 

USAID support will broaden the scope of offered courses at the Faculty of Law.

This grant is part of the $9 million Transparency and Accountability Grants program, implemented by AMIDEAST.  By working with civil society organizations throughout Lebanon, the U.S. Government is encouraging citizens to play an active role in the development of Lebanon.