Abstract
Legal education reform in Jordan has recently emerged as a pressing need, especially with the advent of globalization coupled with the development of the legal profession, whereby particular skills have become vital in order to perform the diverse range of tasks required from legalists. This essay is divided into four sections. First section contains an introduction to the main characteristics of the legal system in Jordan. Second section examines the challenges faced by legal education in Jordan, which can be classified into three categories. Third section sheds some light on the role played by the American Bar Association (ABA) in relation to legal education reform in Jordan. Following a thorough analysis and discussion of the current challenges of legal education in Jordan, some possible solutions and recommendations will be presented in Section four.
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