Akmal Hidayah Halim obtained her first degree in law (LLB) from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1998. In 1999 she was awarded with a master of comparative law (MCL) by the same university and was conferred with a doctorate degree in 2006 in the area of estate administration in Malaysia. She is the Head of Unit and Legal Consultant for property distribution/wealth management/succession/probate (civil and Islamic) at the Legal Clinic of Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM since 2014.
Dr Akmal Hidayah Halim has presented various papers both locally and abroad and has published
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several books and articles in her area of expertise. Her publications include two books written on Administration of Estates in Malaysia: Law and Procedure and The Law of Wills and Intestacy in Malaysia. She is the co-author for an International Encyclopaedia on Family and Succession Law for Kluwer Law International, an international publisher based in the Netherlands. She also writes articles for journal publication and is actively involved in consultancy projects in the area of estate administration, estate management and protection of estate beneficiaries, law of succession, Islamic wealth management, estate planning instruments and trust. She is the recipient of the Quality Research Award 2009, Gold and Silver Medals for Quality Day 2009, and Gold and Bronze Medals for IRIIE 2012.
Dr Akmal Hidayah has contributed to the White Book of the Malaysian Civil Procedure 2015 published by Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell Asia. She served as a trainer at the Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC). She has also secured several research grants most of which have been successfully completed, the latest being a research on reforming the law for the administration of estate in West Malaysia, towards establishing an effective estate administration model and one stop data centre of wills, assets and liabilities under a grant awarded by the Malaysian Law Reform Committee.
Presently, Dr Akmal Hidayah Halim is an Associate Professor at the Department of Legal Practice, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia.