Islamic Law at AALS 2026! (A PIL Guide)

The Program in Islamic Law (PIL) has curated a list of presentations related to Islamic law and history from the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) Annual Meetingto be held January 6–9, 2026 in New Orleans, LA. Are we missing a session that you’d like to see here? Send us a note.

January 7, 2026 @ 8:00am

Islamic Law Works-in-Progress

Rabea N. Benhalim, University of Colorado Law School (moderator)
Mohammad FadelUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law (speaker)
Bahman Khodadadi, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study at Harvard University (speaker)
Abdalgaber MohamedUniversity of Sharjah (speaker)
Lutforahman Saeed, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (speaker)
Ahmed Taha, Pepperdine University, Rick J. Caruso School of Law (speaker)

January 7, 2026 @ 4:10pm

Islamic Law & the Question of Palestine

Rabea N. Benhalim, University of Colorado Law School (moderator)
Mohamed Arafa, Cornell Law School (speaker)
Mohammad FadelUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law (speaker)
Ata Hindi, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (speaker)
Adnan A. ZulfiqarBoston College Law School (speaker)