Myriam Mehanna is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, as well as a lawyer and researcher with extensive expertise in socio-economic rights, legislative reforms, and judicial independence. She is a regular consultant for UN- and EU-led reform projects in Lebanon.
She holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, with a thesis entitled “The Consideration of the Other Contractual Party’s Interest”. She also holds a Master 2 (Research) in General Private Law from Sorbonne University – Paris 1, as well as a law degree from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Saint Joseph University in Beirut.
For eight years, Mehanna served as a senior researcher and member of the editorial board at Legal Agenda, a Beirut-based NGO and research center. She later became Head of the Research and Legislation Department and co-founded the organization’s Parliamentary Observatory. She continues to serve as a member of Legal Agenda’s General Assembly.
