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Key Facts: JBA Admission Exam Exam

Law 11/1972

Law of Regular Lawyers

Jordan Bar Association / 2019 consolidations

Reg. 85/2024

Training Institute Regulation

Official Gazette 5962, 17 Nov 2024

Mar & Sep

Statutory admission-exam months

Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 18

JOD 572 / 672

Documented JBA registration payment (Jordanian / non-Jordanian)

JBA membership page, checked 2026-09-18

5 years

Minimum master-lawyer practice

Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 20

Arabic

Official assessment language

JBA Arabic-only public pages

امتحان القبول is the Jordan Bar Association admission exam that law graduates must pass before trainee registration and Institute enrolment under Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) and Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024. Sittings are scheduled in March and September, with additional dates announced by circular. Item count, duration, and a numeric pass mark are not published. This bank offers independent English MCQ study of Bar law, ethics, evidence, and Jordanian procedure.

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1Under Article 6 of the Law of Regular Lawyers (قانون نقابة المحامين النظاميين) No. 11 of 1972, regular lawyers (المحامون النظاميون) may appear for others before which forums?
A.Every Jordanian court, including sharia courts (المحاكم الشرعية)
B.Courts of all types and degrees except sharia courts, and also before arbitrators, public prosecution offices, administrative governors, and the judicial police
C.Only the Court of Cassation (محكمة التمييز) and the Court of Appeal (محكمة الاستئناف)
D.Only magistrate courts (محاكم الصلح) until the trainee becomes a master lawyer (محام أستاذ)
Explanation: Article 6 describes regular lawyers as aides of the judiciary who provide legal assistance for a fee. Their representation covers courts of all types and degrees except sharia courts, plus arbitrators, public prosecution, administrative governors, judicial police, and administrative and public or private institutions. They also draft contracts and give legal advice. Sharia advocacy is a different profession and is outside this monopoly.
2Article 7 of Law No. 11 of 1972 conditions independent practice of regular advocacy on which registration?
A.The applicant’s name must be entered in the register of master lawyers (سجل المحامين الأساتذة)
B.Passing the admission exam (امتحان القبول) is itself a licence to open an independent office
C.A law-faculty teaching post replaces Bar registration
D.Registration with any Arab bar is treated as Jordanian practice rights without further steps
Explanation: Article 7 states that a person may practise regular advocacy only if that person’s name is recorded in the register of master lawyers. Admission-exam success and trainee registration are earlier steps on the path; they do not open an independent office. Faculty teaching is an exception to incompatible-work rules, not a substitute for the master register.
3Article 8(1)(a) of Law No. 11 of 1972 (2019 compilations) requires which nationality holding for a person seeking registration as a Jordanian lawyer?
A.Jordanian nationality for any period, if the applicant was born in Amman
B.Jordanian nationality for five years, matching some neighbouring bar statutes
C.Jordanian nationality for at least ten years, unless the applicant already held another Arab nationality before acquiring Jordanian nationality and has held both together for at least ten years
D.Any Arab nationality for ten years with no reciprocity condition later in the Law
Explanation: Article 8(1)(a) requires Jordanian nationality for at least ten years. The only in-article exception is an applicant who held another Arab nationality before becoming Jordanian, provided the combined holding of both nationalities is at least ten years. Separate Article 9 rules for Arab master lawyers and trainees add a reciprocity condition and are not a waiver of Article 8 for ordinary Jordanian applicants.
4Which instrument, in 2019 compilations of Law No. 11 of 1972, requires the person seeking registration in the lawyers’ register to have completed twenty-three years of age?
A.Internal Regulation (النظام الداخلي لنقابة المحامين النظاميين لسنة 1966 وتعديلاته), Article 4
B.Training Institute Regulation (نظام معهد تدريب المحامين) No. 85 of 2024, Article 17
C.The JBA public training-eligibility list on the Association homepage
D.Law of Regular Lawyers No. 11 of 1972, Article 8(1)(b)
Explanation: Article 8(1)(b) of Law No. 11 of 1972, in the 2019 compilations extracted for this bank, requires that the applicant have completed twenty-three years of age. Internal Regulation Article 4, Regulation 85 Article 17, and the JBA public training list instead state twenty-one. A 2026 candidate must name the instrument; the Law and the regulations currently speak different ages.
5Article 8(1)(c) of Law No. 11 of 1972 requires the applicant for registration to enjoy which personal status?
A.Commercial registration as a sole trader
B.Full civil capacity (الأهلية المدنية الكاملة)
C.A judicial-office pension
D.Membership in a second professional syndicate as proof of good standing
Explanation: Article 8(1)(c) requires full civil capacity. That is a civil-law status of capacity to exercise rights, not a commercial licence or a second-syndicate membership. Article 8(1)(ط) separately forbids membership in another syndicate.
6What residence does Article 8(1)(d) of Law No. 11 of 1972 require of a person seeking registration?
A.A hotel address in Amman for the week of the admission sitting
B.Domicile in any Arab League capital
C.A Jordanian embassy address abroad
D.Actual permanent residence (إقامة دائمة فعلية) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Explanation: Article 8(1)(d) requires actual permanent residence in the Kingdom. A short stay for an exam sitting, an overseas diplomatic address, or residence in another Arab capital does not satisfy that statutory formula. Regulation 85 Article 17(a)(5) repeats the same permanent-and-actual residence condition for trainee-register applicants.
7Article 8 of Law No. 11 of 1972, in the 2019 compilations, also requires that the applicant not be enrolled in another syndicate and that the applicant do which of the following?
A.Deposit a Palestinian 50-dinar sitting fee copied from West Bank practice-exam notices
B.Serve three years as a court clerk before any trainee application
C.Pay the fees prescribed under the Law and the regulations issued pursuant to it
D.Obtain a Ministry of Interior security clearance that replaces the good-character inquiry
Explanation: Article 8’s 2019 compilation includes both non-membership in another syndicate and payment of the fees prescribed by the Law and its regulations, notwithstanding any other legislation. The Council may still investigate good character; a second-syndicate membership is a bar, not a substitute. Unpublished admission-sitting fees must not be invented, and a Palestinian 50-dinar figure is another jurisdiction’s number.
8A 22-year-old Jordanian law graduate is told, incorrectly, that “Jordan always uses age 21 for Bar entry.” Which statement correctly describes the 2026 instruments?
A.Every in-force instrument uses 23, so Internal Regulation Article 4 is obsolete and may be ignored
B.Law No. 11 of 1972 Article 8(1)(b) (2019 compilations) requires completed 23 years, while Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 4 and Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 17 require completed 21 years
C.Only Egyptian bar practice uses 21, so any Jordanian 21-year figure is a misprint
D.The admission exam itself fixes a single unpublished age that overrides both the Law and the regulations
Explanation: The extracted texts conflict and must be kept instrument-specific. Article 8(1)(b) of the Law requires completed 23 years. Internal Regulation Article 4, Regulation 85 Article 17(a)(3), and the JBA public training list require completed 21 years. A candidate should not silently pick one number or treat the unpublished exam logistics as a third age statute.
9Under Article 9 of Law No. 11 of 1972, a master lawyer who holds the nationality of another Arab state may seek registration in Jordan’s master-lawyer register only if that nationality has been held for at least ten years before the application and which further condition is met?
A.The applicant sits the Jordanian tawjihi in the same year
B.The applicant pays JOD 572, which the membership page lists as the Jordanian registration payment, treated as a confirmed per-sitting exam fee
C.The applicant has already completed a Palestinian apprenticeship
D.The other state’s legislation contains a corresponding (reciprocal) provision, and the applicant also satisfies the remaining Article 8 conditions indicated in Article 9
Explanation: Article 9(1) allows an Arab-nationality master lawyer to seek Jordanian master-register entry if that nationality has been held for at least ten years before the application, there is a matching provision in the other state’s legislation, and the applicant meets the Article 8 conditions that Article 9 incorporates. Reciprocity is statutory, not optional courtesy. JOD 572 is a documented registration payment on the membership page, not a confirmed admission-sitting fee.
10Article 11 of Law No. 11 of 1972 generally forbids combining regular advocacy with which of the following?
A.Holding a ministry (الوزارة)
B.Teaching in a Jordanian law faculty
C.Membership of a representative council
D.Writing in a legal or cultural journal
Explanation: Article 11(1) lists incompatible offices, including the presidency of the legislative authority and the ministry, as well as most salaried public or private posts, professional trade, and company directorships. Article 11(2) then carves out legal and cultural journalism, membership of representative councils, law-faculty teaching in Jordanian faculties of law, and work in the Bar itself.

About the JBA Admission Exam Exam

The Jordan Bar Association Training Institute admission examination (امتحان القبول) is the statutory gateway for law graduates seeking entry on the trainee lawyers' register (سجل المحامين المتدربين) and enrolment in معهد تدريب المحامين. It is administered by the Bar Council under the Law of Regular Lawyers No. 11 of 1972, Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 6, and Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Articles 18–19. The official assessment is in Arabic. This question bank is independent English-language MCQ practice for the named exam's topics, not an official translation, format simulation, or substitute for the live sitting.

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Assessment

Law graduates apply to the Bar Council. After documentary review, Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 6 requires them to pass an admission exam prepared under Council instructions before the name is entered on the trainee lawyers' register. Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Articles 18–19 schedule that exam in March and September (circulars may add a sitting, as in August 2026) and, on a pass, enrol the candidate in the Institute in April or October and require attachment to a master lawyer's office. Later trainee assessments — the written professional exam, the oral professional exam, and the research discussion — are separate gates.

Time Limit

Not published by the Jordan Bar Association

Passing Score

Not published as a numeric cut-score; passing امتحان القبول is required before trainee registration and Institute enrolment (Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 19)

Exam / Certification Fees

Per-sitting admission-exam fee not published on extracted JBA circulars; JBA membership page lists JOD 572 (Jordanian nationality) / JOD 672 (non-Jordanian nationality) as the documented registration payment

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20%

Bar Law, Institute Regulation & Eligibility

Registration conditions, Institute admission, master-lawyer rules, and the legal effect of passing امتحان القبول under Law No. 11 of 1972 and Regulation No. 85 of 2024.

18%

Professional Ethics & Discipline

Secrecy, defence immunity, honour and integrity, conflicts, and the four disciplinary penalties in Law No. 11 of 1972 Articles 39 and 54–63.

12%

Constitution & Court Structure

Constitutional status of Arabic and the judiciary, plus the regular-court hierarchy through Magistrate, First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation.

15%

Evidence & Proof

Evidence Law No. 30 of 1952 and Civil Code proof maxims in Articles 72–78.

18%

Civil Law & Civil Procedure

Civil Code sources of law and Civil Procedure / Magistrate Courts value and residual jurisdiction.

12%

Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure

Penal Code general principles and Criminal Procedure basics for Institute entry.

5%

Institute Path After Admission

Trainee register, Institute enrolment, and the later distinct written, oral, and research-discussion assessments.

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What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Not published as a numeric cut-score; passing امتحان القبول is required before trainee registration and Institute enrolment (Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 19)
  • Assessment: Law graduates apply to the Bar Council. After documentary review, Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 6 requires them to pass an admission exam prepared under Council instructions before the name is entered on the trainee lawyers' register. Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Articles 18–19 schedule that exam in March and September (circulars may add a sitting, as in August 2026) and, on a pass, enrol the candidate in the Institute in April or October and require attachment to a master lawyer's office. Later trainee assessments — the written professional exam, the oral professional exam, and the research discussion — are separate gates.
  • Time limit: Not published by the Jordan Bar Association
  • Exam / certification fees: Per-sitting admission-exam fee not published on extracted JBA circulars; JBA membership page lists JOD 572 (Jordanian nationality) / JOD 672 (non-Jordanian nationality) as the documented registration payment Official sources

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JBA Admission Exam: Suggested Study Strategy

1Read Law No. 11 of 1972 Article 8 and Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 17 side by side so you can name which instrument supplies each eligibility fact, especially age.
2Memorise what a pass actually does: trainee register plus Institute enrolment in April or October, then attachment to a master lawyer — not immediate transfer to the أساتذة register.
3Drill Civil Code Articles 73–78 proof maxims; they are short, frequently tested concepts, and easy to mix with Evidence Law categories in Article 72.
4Keep Egyptian Advocacy Law No. 17 of 1983 and Palestinian Bar training rules out of your answers; Jordan uses Law No. 11 of 1972 and its own Institute regulation.
5Treat August 2026 circulars as extra sittings of امتحان القبول, not as a different exam identity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is امتحان القبول at the Jordan Bar Association?

It is the admission examination that a law graduate must pass before the Bar Council enters the name on the trainee lawyers' register and enrols the candidate in معهد تدريب المحامين, under Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 6 and Training Institute Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Articles 18–19.

When is the admission exam held?

Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 18 schedules the admission exam in March and September each year, according to Council instructions. The JBA homepage also posted circulars for an August 2026 sitting. Extra circular dates are administrative sittings of the same exam, not a separate credential.

Is this the same assessment as the trainee written or oral exam?

No. امتحان القبول is the Institute entry exam. The written professional exam (الامتحان التحريري) and oral professional exam (الامتحان الشفوي) are later assessments for trainees who have completed three-quarters of training. مناقشة البحث is a further, separately scored research discussion.

In what language is the official exam, and what is this bank?

JBA pages and regulations are in Arabic, and the Association's site states English content is not available. This bank is an independent English-language multiple-choice study adaptation. It is not an official translation, not a format simulation, and not a substitute for the live Arabic sitting.

What age must an applicant have completed?

Law No. 11 of 1972 Article 8 in 2019 consolidations requires completed 23 years. Internal Regulation of 1966 (as amended) Article 4 and Regulation No. 85 of 2024 Article 17 state 21 years, matching the JBA public training list. Use the instrument that governs the filing you are making rather than collapsing the figures.

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