The Latin Ecclesiastical Court in Amman, in cooperation with the Faculty of Canon Law at Al-Hikma University in Beirut, has held a graduation ceremony for male and female lawyers who had completed the required training and obtained their licences to practise before the Latin Ecclesiastical Court.

The ceremony was held at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Our Lady of Peace Centre, under the patronage of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa with the participation of Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at Al-Hikma University Monsignor Nabih Maawad. During the ceremony, certificates were presented to the graduates who also took their oath of office before Cardinal Pizzaballa.

The ceremony was attended by Latin Patriarchal Vicar in Jordan Bishop Iyad Twal, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church Bishop Anthimos Jack Yacoub, and Patriarchal Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Archimandrite Boulos Nazha

In attendance were President of the Court of Appeal Father Majdi Siryani, President of the Court of First Instance in Amman Father Aktham Hijazin, and President of the Court of First Instance in Jerusalem and Nazareth Father Emil Salayta, in addition to several ecclesiastical court judges, priests, and family members of the graduating lawyers. 

Fourteen lawyers took the oath before Patriarch Pizzaballa, namely Ihsan Al-Salayta, Andre Khoury, Iyad Hawatmeh, Rakan Haddad, Rami Haddadin, Sa’ed Hawatmeh, Tareq Aridah, Ala’ Sawaqed, Ala’ Ammari, Malek Fakhoury, Nabil Batarseh, Ruba Nassar, Lubna Dawani, and Madlyn Ma’adi.

Eighteen lawyers also received diploma certificates, including 13 of the lawyers who had taken the oath, in addition to the lawyers practising before the court, namely Tareq Hijazin, Suha Innab, and Nada Al-Wir, as well as Fr. John Haddad and Fr. Yanal Awabdeh, from the Greek Melkite Catholic Court.