Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws

Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah Of Laws (AIKOL) is the law faculty of International Islamic University Malaysia. Previously known as the Kulliyyah of Laws, it was renamed in 2000 in honour of its founding father and ex-Dean, Professor Tan Sri Datuk Ahmad Bin Mohamad Ibrahim. Being the first Kulliyyah (faculty) to be formed together with the university, it is now one of the largest law schools in Malaysia and has produced thousands of law graduates since 1983: legal practitioners, syarie lawyers, academicians, legal advisors, deputy public prosecutors, judiciary members, and politicians. AIKOL's mission and vision is to produce high-quality law graduates who are not only knowledgeable about civil law concepts, but also on Islamic jurisprudence and its methodologies. The current Dean is Professor Dr. Mohd. Akram Shair Mohamed.

Due to its international status, the medium for teaching in AIKOL is English and Arabic. However, Bahasa Melayu is also taught to students to equip them with the understanding of legal jargons in the national language. It does receive a small group of foreign law students every year whilst the majority of the students are Malaysians.

Courses offered

AIKOL offers a variety of courses ranging from LL.B (Hons.), LL.B-S (Hons.) for Shariah law students, MCL (Master Of Comparative Laws) and up to PhD (Doctor Of Philosophy) level. It also provides for programmes like Diploma In Shariah Law And Practice (DSLP) and Diploma in Law and Administration of Islamic Judiciary (DAIJ). Harun M. Hashim Law Centre of AIKOL offers several programmes, including LL.M Business (Executive), LL.M Banking (Executive), LL.M in Administration of Islamic Law and LL.M in International Law.

Events

The Ahmad Ibrahim Memorial Lecture series is conducted annually by inviting distinguished experts and scholars to speak on diverse legal issues. The speakers previously invited to speak in the event include Tun Salleh Abas, Tun Zaki Azmi, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Gordon Woodman and Andrew Harding.

AIKOL is also famous for its annual mock trial event, a stage play by law students based on court cases. It is usually performed during the convocation week. Despite being a drama filled with legal technicalities and jargons, it does exhibit theatrical elements of comedy, suspense, tragedy and twist of plot. Among the real cases that have been reproduced for AIKOL's mock trial were cases of Maria Hertogh (Natrah), Mona Fandey and Al-Ma'unah.

Achievements

AIKOL actively participates in various public speaking, debating, client counseling and mooting competitions, both nationally and internationally, and it has achieved quite a remarkable success throughout the years from its involvement in these co-curricular activities. AIKOL has continuously produced exceptional debaters and public speakers who regularly represented the university and also the country in numerous tournaments like the Royal Malaysian Intervarsity Debating Championship, Bar Council Debate, United Asian Debating Championships and Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships.^{[citation needed]}

Irma Nur Zahrah of AIKOL became the first Asian to win the public speaking competition at the World Universities Debating Championships 2004 held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. One of AIKOL's major achievements was when it became the runner-up in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2005 held at Washington, D.C. and Melati Abdul Hamid was awarded the Best Oralist in the Championship Round. Another major achievement was in 2008, where the IIUM mooting team represented Malaysia and managed to garner a clean sweep of the awards in the Inaugural Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition held at University of Oxford. The IIUM team was crowned the inaugural champion, merited the Best Memorial Award and Best Oralist of the said competition.

Notable alumni

Business/Corporate

• Mohd Khair Ngadiron, Managing Director of Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, a government-owned organization related to translation and interpretation of documents, nationally and internationally.
• Noriswadi Ismail, Group General Counsel / Company Secretary of HeiTech Padu Berhad. Clinched the Malaysian Institute of Management-Public Bank Young Manager of the Year Award 2008.
• Suryani Senja Alias, Senior Vice President of Khazanah Nasional Berhad.
• Wafi Nazrin Abdul Hamid, Chief Risk Officer of Malaysia Airlines and the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Interlaw Corporate Counsel Award 2007, .

Legal/Judiciary

• Hamid Sultan Abu Backer, the first Malaysian High Court Judge to receive a PhD in law and author of Janab's Key to Civil Procedure in Malaysia and Singapore.
• Hassan Saeed, Attorney-General of the Republic of Maldives.
• Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari, President of the Malaysian Bar Council.
• Husnu Al Suood, Attorney-General of the Republic of Maldives.^{[citation needed]}
• Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar, President of Syariah Lawyers Assosiation, Malaysia.
• Fadiah Nadwa binti Fikri, Murnie Hidayah binti Anuar, Puspawati binti Rosman and Syuhaini binti Safuan, four of the five Legal Aid volunteer lawyers who were arrested by police for merely representing their detained clients, causing the Malaysian Bar Council's EGM to unanimously pass a resolution calling for, inter alia, the resignation of the Inspector-General of Police and the Home Minister.

Politics

• Fong Po Kuan, MP Batu Gajah, Perak.
• Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim, Vice Head of Wanita UMNO Malaysia.
• Khairil Annas Jusoh, special assistant to Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
• Mohd Yusmadi Mohd Yusoff, MP Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang.
• Hajjah Mumtaz binti Md Nawi, Senator.
• Nasharudin Mat Isa, MP Bachok and Deputy President of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
• Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, Head of Puteri UMNO Malaysia.
• Wong Kar Woh, State Assemblyman Canning, Perak.

Royalty

• HRH Tengku Amalin A'ishah Putri, Kelantanese Princess and Magistrate officer.
• HRH Tengku Haris, Perlis Prince and Magistrate officer.

Miscellaneous

• Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali, first female member of Shariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara Malaysia, Shariah Advisory Board of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and world's first registered female Islamic finance Shariah advisor.
• Tan Sri Ismail Omar, Inspector General of Police, Royal Malaysian Police.
• Datuk Nooryah Md Anvar, Royal Malaysian Police's first female Federal Director of Traffic.
• Datuk Ramli Yusoff, Royal Malaysian Police's Director of Commercial Crime Investigation Department who was charged by Anti-Corruption Agency for non-declaration of assets.He, is then acquitted for the alleged charge.

Notable faculty members (current & former)

• Tan Sri Ahmad Ibrahim, Attorney-General of Singapore and Dean of Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya.
• Aziz Bari, constitutional scholar.
• Aznan Hasan, member of Shariah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia.
• Tan Sri Harun M. Hashim, judge who banned UMNO.
• Datuk Md Hashim Yahya, Mufti of Wilayah Persekutuan.
• Mohammad Hashim Kamali, internationally renowned Islamic jurist.
• Mohd Akram Shair Mohamed, member of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission.
• Mohd Daud Bakar, Deputy Rector of IIUM and member of HSBC's Global Shariah Advisory Board.
• Dato' Nik Norzrul Thani, Chairman of Zaid Ibrahim & Co., the largest law firm in Malaysia.
• Rusni Hassan, member of Shariah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia.
• Shad Saleem Faruqi, constitutional scholar.
• Haji Suleiman Abdullah, President of the Malaysian Bar Council.
• Yusri Mohamad, President of Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM).

See also

• International Islamic University Malaysia

External links

• Official Website of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah Of Laws
• Official Website of Harun M. Hashim Law Centre