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 Meeting, to 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 Fadel, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (speaker)
Bahman Khodadadi, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study at Harvard University (speaker)
Abdalgaber Mohamed, University 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 Fadel, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (speaker)
Ata Hindi, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (speaker)
Adnan A. Zulfiqar, Boston College Law School (speaker)