SHERIF ELNEGAHY

Senior Fellow – Egypt

Hon. Dr. Sherif Elnegahy is an international mediator on the UN Global Mediation Panel, a Chief Judge in the Egyptian Judiciary, and a consultant for mediation and dispute resolution affairs to a number of organizations and governments, including the Saudi Ministry of Justice. Dr. Elnegahy is also a visiting professor at several law schools, where he teaches law and mediation courses.

About Sherif Elnegahy

Hon. Dr. Sherif Elnegahy is an international mediator on the UN Global Mediation Panel, a Chief Judge in the Egyptian Judiciary, and a consultant for mediation and dispute resolution affairs for a number of organizations and governments, including the Saudi Ministry of Justice. Hon. Dr. Elnegahy is also a visiting professor at several law schools, such as The British University in Egypt and Strathclyde University, United Kingdom, where he teaches law and mediation courses.

Hon. Dr. Elnegahy holds his Ph.D. in mediation from Strathclyde University, United Kingdom, his LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, USA, and his LLB from Ain Shams University, Egypt.

Hon. Dr. Elnegahy is a Fulbright scholar and recipient of the Chevening Award, in addition to a Rotary Peace and JAMS Weinstein Fellowship.

Hon. Dr. Elnegahy has trained judges from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries, on how to use mediation in the court system. He has taught and presented on mediation, law, and justice in many countries, including the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. He is co-author of one of the first mediation books in the Arabic language and has recently published the very first Arabic-English dictionary of mediation and negotiation terms.

Judicial and Litigation Experience

The Ministry of Justice, Egypt:

  • Chief Judge and Judicial Mediator, Cairo Economic Court (2018 to date)
  • Chief Judge, Family Court (2014 to 2017)
  • Judge (2013 to 2014)
  • Prosecutor Manager, Red Sea District (2009 to 2013)
  • Public Prosecutor, Mansoura District (2006 to 2009)
  • Lawyer, Elnegahy Law Firm, Cairo, Egypt (2005-2006)

Mediation Practice

Dr. Elnegahy has acted as a mediator, co-mediator and shadowed more than 500 cases at the following institutions: Cairo Economic Court (Egypt), Glasgow Sheriff Court (Scotland, U.K.), Los Angeles Superior Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Department (USA), Santa Monica Superior Court (USA), American Arbitration Association (AAA) (USA), Arbitration Mediation Conciliation Center (USA) and at JAMS offices in California and New York.

ADR Achievements and Training

  • The Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes
    • Mediator on the Global Mediation Panel for Egypt and Saudi Arabia (2020 to date)
  • Rotary Peace Fellowship (2016)
  • Co-Founded The Arab Mediation Center amcadr.org (2014)
  • Weinstein JAMS International Fellow (2014)
  • CEDR London Accredited Mediator

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

  • Visiting Professor and Mediation Course Leader, British University in Egypt
  • Law Tutor, University of Strathclyde School of Law, Scotland, U.K. (2013-2016)
  • Lecturer at the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program, The American Bar Association (ABA) Rule of Law Initiative, Cairo, Egypt (2010)
  • Guest Lecturer, Egyptian Ministry of Justice, Cairo, Egypt (October 2016)
  • Guest Lecturer, Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (February 2018)
  • Presented at the UN Woman Office a presentation titled “Mediation, Peace and Justice” to the Young Peacebuilders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) program, part of UNAOC, Cairo Egypt (January 2018)
  • Presenter, “One size doesn’t fit all: Application of peace and conflict concepts in a diversified world,” Bangkok, Thailand (Aug 2016)
  • Presenter at The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law as a guest researcher, “Can Mediation Deliver Justice?” Hamburg, Germany (June 2015)
  • Panel speaker at the World Mediation Summit 2015, Mediation- Emerging from Shadows into the Spotlight, “The Evaluation of Mediation in Egypt,” Madrid, Spain (June 2015)
  • Panel speaker, presenting the importance of social entrepreneurial work in developing communities, Chicago Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, Chicago, U.S. (March 2009)

Publications and Education

Publications

Dictionary: The first English-Arabic Mediation and Negotiation Terms Dictionary, co-author with Judge Ahmed Hamdan, The Egyptian Lebanese Publisher, Jan. 2021

Book: Introduction to Mediation as an Effective Dispute Resolution Method (المدخل لدراسة الوساطة في تسوية المنازعات), co-author with Judge Ahmed Hamdan, the first Arabic specialized Academic book on mediation, The Egyptian Lebanese Publisher, July 2017

Book Chapter: “Stories Mediators Tell – World Edition,” edited by Professor Lela P. Love, ABA Dispute Resolution Section Publication, contributed with a story titled “Can’t Get No Satisfaction” on the topic of mediation, fairness and parties’ satisfaction, May 2017

Article: “Can Mediation Deliver Justice?” Cardozo Dispute Resolution Law Review, Volume 18, Issue 3 (2017)

Book Review of Mediation and Lawyers by Professor Bryan Clark, published in Edinburgh Law Review

Blog: “Peace and Justice: Two Faces of the Same Coin,” published by the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 2016

Peer Review for the International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, UK (2015-2016)

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Law, University of Strathclyde, School of Law, Scotland, UK (2018) (Chevening Scholar)
  • LL.M. in Dispute Resolution with a concentration of Arbitration, Pepperdine University, School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (2009) (Fulbright Scholar)
  • Diploma in Arbitration (Conducted in English), Ain Shams University, Faculty of Law, Centre of Arbitration, Cairo, Egypt (2005) (Rank: Third in class)
  • LLB in Law, Ain Shams University Faculty of Law, Cairo, Egypt (2004)

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