The Legal Department was created in 2018 to undertake tasks and specializations related to expressing opinion on human rights and penal issues related to the university and its employees, participating in developing draft laws, regulations and instructions for the university, reviewing and auditing them, and participating in the membership of the committees emanating from the university councils according to specialization.

The department provides legal advice in the disciplinary councils at the university and in drafting contracts, agreements and undertakings to which it is a party, providing legal advice to all university units through the university president, documenting the system of legislation related to the university and the relevant Jordanian legislation, following up on the laws, regulations and instructions in force at the university and the foundations and decisions issued pursuant to it.