BIODATA PENCERAMAH 3

3) DR MOHD NA`IM HJ MOKHTAR

Dr. Hj. Mohd. Na’im Hj. Mokhtar

Pengarah Bahagian Sokongan Keluarga

Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Malaysia

Aras 2-4, Blok D7 Kompleks D

Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan

62677 Putrajaya

Dr. Hj. Mohd. Na’im Hj. Mokhtar, aged 46, is a Malaysian citizen and is currently The  Director of Family Support Division at the Department of Islamic Judiciary Malaysia and A Syariah High Court Judge for the state of Selangor. He was chosen and served  as Malaysian Cheavening Visiting Fellow at Oxford Centre For Islamic Studies,Oxford University,United Kingdom for 2008/2009.He has also been appointed as Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School,Harvard University,USA  from Feb 2013 until May 2013.Apart from these Dr Mohd Na’im has been appointed as External Examiner for Phd candidates of International Islamic University, MARA University Technology (UITM) and National University of Malaysia(UKM). He has also been appointed as Adjunct Professor by the Law Faculty of University Technology Mara (UITM). He is also a committee member of Malaysian Qualifying Agency (MQA).

He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from International Islamic University, Malaysia (U.I.A.M). He also obtained a Masters in Laws (LLM) degree from University of  London,United Kingdom, a Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice from U.I.A.M, a Diploma in Administration and Islamic Judiciary from U.I.A.M. and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Syariah fromNational University of Malaysiaa (U.K.M).

He started his career as a Law Lecturer at I.I.U.M from 1990 to 1997. He then became a Syarie Lawyer for Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Federal Territories and Advocate & Solicitor Malaya in 1997 to 1998. In 1998, he was appointed as Judge for Syariah Court of Petaling until 2001. He was also a Judge for Syariah Court of Federal Territory, Kuala Lumpur from 2001 until 2003. In 2003, he was appointed by the Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia as a research officer until 2005. He was also a visiting lecturer at U.K.M and I.I.U.M in 2003 until 2008.He also served as Senior Syariah Prosecutor at The Federal Territories Religious Department between 2007-2008.

Dr Na’im has participated in many local and international seminars on his subject areas of specialization.  He had also presented papers on family laws, shariah subjects and related topics at many conferences local as well as overseas forums.  Dr Na’im also sits on a number of Shariah Advisory Boards of local and foreign Islamic banks and takaful companies. He has good command of English and Arabic langguages

Dr Na’im is married to Nik Roslini bt. Raja Ismail and blessed  with three children.