University of Missouri-Kansas city

About

Bander Almohammadi is a Truman Fellow at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. He earned his Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) with Honors from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2023. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2021. He also has an L.L.M. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law, earned in 2017, and a Social Justice Graduate Certificate from the Harvard Extension School, earned in 2023. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Kansas, and Missouri.

Bander has published several articles on international law and serves as a publication chair for Young Lawyer Board with Kansas Bar Association. In addition to his work with Truman Initiative, he is an adjunct professor at UMKC Law teaching Introduction to American Common Law & Culture.

Education:

L.L.M., University of Kansas, 2017

J.D., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2022

S.J.D., University of Kansas, 2023

Bar Admissions:

Kansas, 2022

New York, 2023

Missouri, 2024

United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 2023

Published Works:

• Liability in Partnerships; A Comparative Analysis of American Common Law and Islamic Law. 17 Manchester J. Transn’l Islamic L. & Prac. 186-204 (2021).

• The SPS Agreement and Climate Change, 10 Joule: Duquesne Energy & Environment Law Journal 61 (2022).

• Child Marriage in Tanzania, 13 Int’l Rsch. & Re.: J. Phi Beta Delta 1 (2023).

• Building Cultural Bridges and Living in Peaceful Coexistence, J. KAN. BAR ASS’N. 22-23 (April 2017).

• S.J.D. Dissertation, “Benevolent Principles from Different Religions and Their Implications in International Economic Law.”