On November 28, 2007, H.E. Ambassador Hamid Al Bayati, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, visited the S.J. Quinney College of Law. During his visit, the Ambassador participated in a round table discussion co-moderated by Hiram Chodosh, Dean of the Quinney College and a leading expert on global justice reform, and Chibli Mallat, a leading authority on Middle Eastern and Islamic law. Mallat, a new faculty member at the College, was also instrumental in arranging the Ambassador’s visit to Salt Lake City and the U of U.