From March 17th to 19th, the National Muslim Law Students Association (“NMLSA”), a branch of NAML, hosted their fifth annual conference at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. This year’s conference marked the first in-person conference since the COVID-19 pandemic.

NAML congratulates Nadia Kahf on her confirmation as New Jersey Superior Court Judge.

In a statement, NAML President Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Esq. said:

(WASHINGTON, DC - 4/3/2023) The National Association of Muslim Lawyers today congratulated attorney Mazen Basrawi on his appointment as the Biden administration's first White House liaison to the Muslim American community.

By Editorial Board of The Muslim Legal Journal

The Muslim Legal Journal’s Editorial Board would like to wish our community a blessed Ramadan. In celebration of the holy month, please find below some tips for how lawyers, law students and others can make the most out of this blessed month.

The Muslim Legal Journal, the digital news publication of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), today introduced and congratulated its new leaders for the 2023 calendar year.

(ATLANTA, GA - 1/4/2023) The National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML) today congratulated Judge Fatima El-Amin on her historic appointment as a Chief Judge of the Dekalb County Juvenile Court in Georgia. Judge El-Amin, who has served on the court since 2014, is the first American Muslim appointed to serve as the chief judge of any court system in the United States.

The National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), the largest association of Muslim attorneys, legal professionals and law students in the United States, today introduced and congratulated its new leaders for the 2023 calendar year.

WHEN THOUSANDS OF DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL Building on January 6th, many observers noted the obvious: thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators would have been treated very differently if they had surrounded and attacked the Capitol. In fact, they would have probably never reached the building, much less the floor of the United States Senate.

BEFORE THE MUSLIM BAN, Sara Ali had a thriving solo practice as an immigration lawyer. She represented clients primarily from Iran and other Muslim-majority countries. But President Trump’s travel ban soon dried up her clientele.

On behalf of NAML’s leadership, welcome to The Muslim Legal Journal. This brand-digital publication will highlight the work of Muslim legal professionals, analyze legal topics of relevance to the Muslim American community, and serve as a platform for diverse views about such legal topics, insha Allah.

Freedom of religion and the right to serve on a jury are two of the most essential rights that connect ordinary citizens to the constitutional character of our nation.[1] The Eleventh Circuit of Appeals’ recent en banc decision in United States v. Corrine Brown[2] falls at the intersection of these fundamental rights,against the backdrop of another indispensable right to a well-functioning democracy: The Sixth Amendment’s promise of a jury of peers selected from a representative cross-section of the entire community

Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, was born Hubert Giroir Brown on October 9, 1943 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but most Americans still know him by a different name: H. Rap Brown.

There’s a certain routine in the wake of attacks on our country. We mourn the dead. We lower the flags. We call for the federal government to review what went wrong and take action to prevent future tragedies. And inevitably, congressional voices on both the left and the right call on our government to go too far in the exercise of its power.

The Muslim-American community is no stranger to these lines from the Orwellian classic, Nineteen Eighty-Four. On the one hand, as persons living on U.S. soil, Muslim-Americans enjoy the constitutional protections of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.[2] On the other hand,especially following September 11, 2001, Muslims have endured, if not been the target of suspicion-less surveillance ostensibly conducted in the name of security. This list of surveillance programs includes the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping operation that secretly collected millions of Americans’ telephone records[3]; the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of warrantless searches of electronic devices at the border[4]; and the New York Police Department’s program “to monitor the lives of Muslims, their businesses, houses of worship, organizations, and schools in New York City and surrounding states

Hassaan Shahawy never expected to make history as the first Muslim president of the Harvard Law Review. In fact, for most of his young life, he never expected to attend law school.

Is a patent a valid legal right within Islamic law? If so, then how should Islamic law construe the scope and reach of the patent right in society? Why do these questions matter to legal scholars and to policymakers? And from practical and client representation standpoints, what should lawyers consider if their law practice encounters patents in Islamic countries? Why should such countries and the U.S. pay more attention to these questions now?

The Patriot Act. NSEERs. National security letters. The watchlist. The no-fly list. Bulk data collection. CVE. Anti-Sharia laws. The Muslim Ban.

In the twenty years since September 11, 2001, our government has established dozens of laws, policies and programs ostensibly designed to prevent additional attacks on our nation.

Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML), the oldest and largest professional association of Muslim lawyers, judges and legal professionals in the United States, today joined calls for the Biden Administration to demand the immediate release of U.S. citizen, Virginia attorney Asim Ghafoor

On behalf of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers, we extend our warmest Eid Mubarak to all of you and your families. We pray that all your efforts were both accepted and magnified by the Almighty. We hope that first cup of coffee or chai was sublime yesterday.

National Association of Muslim Lawyers (NAML) today mourns the passing of The Honorable Judge Adam Shakoor, the first Muslim ever appointed to serve as a judge in the United States. Inna lillahi was inna ilayhi Rajioon. Surely, we come from Allah and we will return to Him.