Rita is a qualified lawyer at the Beirut Bar Association and currently enrolled in a long-distance LLM program at the University of London. She is an associate at the International Arbitration Department of Hajj&Kanaan Law Firm in Beirut, Lebanon. Rita has been involved in several construction and commercial international arbitrations conducted under several MENA laws before different arbitral institutions. Rita also served as assistant coach for the USEK Vis Moot Team at the 25th Edition and as arbitrator at the 26th Edition.