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  Since the main function of law is to strike a balance between individual interests as such, to reconcile individual and public interests so as to establish justice and equality, and to prevent the strong from overpowering the weak, law is therefore considered to be a social necessity on which the correlation between society and regulation is based. And given that the legal formulation of the balance between these interests reflects the interaction of the economic, the social, the religious, and the political factors governing society, constituted states show considerable interest in law studies. They develop institutions that specialize in producing professionals qualified to deal with legal problems and issues. The developmental growth in all walks of life that the Kingdom has been experiencing makes it necessary to create a specialized program in law studies which answers the needs of this social growth and which is consonant with it.

MOTIVES FOR CREATING A LAW DEPARTMENT FOR WOMEN

      1.  The Saudi Job Market Need for Women Specialized in Law Studies:

2.  The growth of women's role in civil society:

3. The means to quick regulation-system production:

   The continuing evolution of Saudi society and the Kingdom’s participation in international agreements require regulation-system planners at all levels to work out the necessary legislation strategies to facilitate such advances. Since updating the existing systems or creating new ones both require the participation of women, who are an intrinsic element of society, the training of women in law studies will be conducive to their playing an active role. Therefore, the access of women to important positions ultimately relies on the training of women lawyers.

 4. Low-cost project execution:

   The feasibility study shows that the program requires no infrastructure such as labs. Furthermore, what really makes this a low-cost project is the availability of women faculty from around the Arab world, and the housing of this department in the existing women’s college.

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

1. Train qualified law specialists to provide for Saudi women's needs, to help solve their problems, and to represent them in civil society institutions, in addition to other services in the management of businesswomen’s legal affairs.
2. Train investigators who will contribute to investigating activities of various sources.
3. Prepare female general attorneys for courtrooms and judicial institutions as a prelude to authorizing women to work in this field.
4. Provide for the needs of the state and the private circuits by training legal consultants and investigators qualified to perform all the types of tasks required by the nature of work of such circuits or committees, especially in cases where some of the parties are women.
5. Qualify women trainees with both Arabic and English linguistic skills for the formulation of judicial documents, contracts, laws and by-laws, legal advice and consultation, investigation and defense documents.
6. Qualify women for both public and private sector market research on demand.
7. Encourage research, writing, and publication in the various legal fields.
8. Raise the standards of the staff working in the legal field by organizing re-training sessions, seminars and conferences.

Women students graduating from the law department would be employed in the following positions:

      1.     Legal investigators and consultants in the public sector.

2.     Legal consultants in the private sectors.

3.     Legal investigators in both the public and the private sectors.

4.     Employees of the sectors in charge of the implementation of judicial decisions.

5.     Participating in Legal Aid Services.

  Admission into the Department of Law depends on,

• A satisfactory performance in the Preparatory Year Program and.

• The requirements and conditions established by the Department.