Officials and participants during the session.
Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ), through its Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, has launched a three-day series of workshops bringing together legal affairs officials from approximately 90 government agencies to identify training needs, professional gaps and priorities for legal workforce development.
The workshops are aimed at developing specialised training and professional development programmes that address the demands of legal work across government and quasi-governmental entities. The sessions bring together directors of legal affairs departments and specialists from government agencies, along with representatives of other entities that benefit from training programs offered by the center.
Participants are delving into key challenges facing legal affairs departments and identifying priority areas for capacity building, including legislative and legal drafting, contract preparation, legal memoranda and legal opinions, dispute resolution mechanisms, digital transformation, and modern technological applications in legal practice.
Director of the MOJ’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Dr. Abdullah Hamad Al Khaldi said the goal is to work with stakeholders to develop and modernize legal training plans in line with trainees’ needs, while advancing programs that are better aligned with the demands of legal work at public agencies.
The initiative reflects the ministry’s efforts to promote a whole-of-government approach to legal training, strengthen partnerships and coordination with government entities, ensure effective training outcomes and enhance the professional impact of the center’s programs. It also supports improvements in the legal and institutional performance of government entities and their legal departments, Al Khaldi said.
Al Khaldi further noted that the workshops are among the executive mechanisms supporting the MoJ’s strategic objectives under its 2025-2030 plan, particularly in workforce development, strengthening institutional excellence, improving the efficiency of legal services, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
By leveraging the initiative, the ministry is working to forge training plans based on pragmatic data and indicators that mirror the needs of government entities, Al Khaldi said.
He added that this would ensure optimum investment in national capacity-building and the development of legal professionals equipped to stay abreast of legislative and technological evolution, while supporting institutional development efforts across various sectors. The workshops will help forge a more holistic and powerful training plan responsive to the priorities and aspirations of partners, the director explained. He noted that they bolster integration between the MOJ and government agencies in support of the nation’s efforts to deepen the rule of law and strengthen the justice architecture.
