1. Resume
I. Personal Information
1. Name: Abdulmalik Abubaker.
2. Date of Birth: 14th
June, 1961
3. Place of Birth: Harar
4. Marital Status: Married
5. Present Address: Dire Dawa, Kebele 2, House no. new, cell phone:
0910301730;
abdulmaliklaw@yahoo.com or
abdulmalikantro@gmail.com
II. Educational Background:
1. PhD student, Alabama University, Graduate School USA
2. MA in Law, Amsterdam Law School, 4th
June 2005.
3. LLB, Addis Ababa University, 14th
July 1990.
III. Work Experience.
1. Founder, Dean and instructor, of School of Law, Haramaya
University, 2003-20081
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2. Legal Adviser, Haramaya University President, 1992-1994 GC.
3. Legal Adviser, Harar Brewery Share Company, from 1993- 1997 and
from May, 2011-2014.
4. Legal Adviser, National Cement Share Company from 2006-now.
5. Legal Adviser, Heritage Plaza Hotel, Harar from 2000-2004
6. Legal Adviser, Pioneer Cement Manu. PLC. 2006 -now
7. Legal adviser, Ture Cement Share Company from 2014-now.
8. Post graduate program coordinator, LLM & PhD programs offered by
Alabama and Warwick Universities in coordination with Addis Ababa
and Mekele Universities respectively, 2007-2011
9. Chairperson, committee to design and implement curriculum for all
law schools in Ethiopia,2006-2010
10.Head, Haramaya University Dire Dawa Campus, 2005-2007
V. Training and meetings Attended.
1. The Risks & Rewards of Clinical Legal Education Programs, July 10-12,
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
2. The 19th
International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Warsaw, Poland,
24-28 August 2015.
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All calendar years are in GC
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2. 3. Strategic Leadership for Legal System Transformation offered by Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, 17-
21st
September, 2007.
4. Effective Teaching in Legal Education offered by Law Faculty of the
University of Amsterdam, 18-29, 2006.
5. Management Course offered by MDF Training & Consultancy,
established in Ede, the Netherlands, 20-30th
September 2005.
6. Managing and Administering Higher Education offered by University of
Aberdeen, UK, 25-29 August 2003.
7. 5th
Joint International Conference: “Investment Trends in Africa & the
Global Economic Recovery”, Dec.12-13, 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
8. “Law and Development: Legal Pluralism, Traditional Justice and the Role
of Legal Actors in Ethiopia”, November 15-17, 2012, Addis Ababa.
VI. Training Offered
1. Training on human rights offered to youth, militias and police officers
at Kumbalcha (Harar) in collaboration with Action Aid Ethiopia for
15 days.
2. Training offered to Dire Dawa police officers on the FDRE
Constitution, human rights and criminal procedure.
3. Training offered to Dire Dawa social court judges on FDRE
Constitution.
4. Training offered to judges and public prosecutors from Somali
Peoples Regional State.
VII. Language Fluency
1. Harari, speaking and writing
2. Oromifa, speaking and writing
3. Amharic, speaking and writing
4. English, speaking and writing
VI. Courses Taught
1. Introduction to Law and Persons
2. General contract
3. Tort Law
4. Family Law
5. Law of Succession
6. Alternative Dispute Resolution
7. Islamic Law
8. Commercial or Business Law
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3. 9. Public International Law
10.International Humanitarian Law
VII. Publications:
1. Trade for Peace not for Conflict: Harari Experience; (2013) Law,
Social Justice & Global Development Journal (LGD)
2. Legal Education in Muti-cultural Society; (2013). Law and
Development and Legal Pluralism in Ethiopia. Justice and Legal
System Research Institute, Addis Ababa
VIII. Teaching Material Prepared:
1. Islamic Law
2. Tort Law
3. Clinical Course (Restorative Justice)
IX. Referees
1. Professor Belay Kassa, former President, Haramaya University. Cell
Phone: 0915330337
2. Dr. Membre Tsehay, former Director, Justice and Legal System
Research Institute, Cell Phone: 0911502099
3. Ato Juneydi Basha, former Manager, Harar Brewery, Cell Phone:
0911212520
4. Ato Bin yam Fikru, HR & Administration Manager, National Cement
Share Company, Cell Phone: 0935405038
5. Abduljwad Adus Umar, Manager, Plaza Heritage Hotel Harar, Cell
Phone: 09133004547.
6. At Zeidan Bekri, Deputy Manager, Pioneer Cement Manu. PLC, Cell
Phone:0915402730
7. Rihana Yusuf, Manager Ture Cement Factory Share Company, Cell
phone:0915322180
8. Somali Peoples Regional State Capacity Building Bureau
9. Somali Peoples Regional State Justice Bureau
10.Dire Dawa Administration Capacity Building Bureau
11.Dire Dawa Police Commissioner
12.Action Aid Ethiopia
I hereby testify all information provided herein above is true to my
knowledge.
Abdulmalik Abubaker.
July 13, 2016
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