Islamic Legal Education in the 4.0 Era: Does It Need to Consider Technology?

Abstract

—This paper discusses the encountering of Islamic legal education with the advancement of technology. Islamic legal education that is identical with a more traditional type of legal education, in fact, cannot avoid considering the need for technology in this 4.0 era. This study is built upon the reflection of the practice of Islamic legal education in the Faculty of Sharia and Law of State SyarifHidayatullah Jakarta and a survey on various literature on the relationship between legal education and technology. It is found that the respond of Islamic legal education to the advancement of technology is exceptionally slow. In fact, the adoption of technology is needed not only to respond to the use of technology by the Islamic judiciary but also to make the Islamic legal education more effective with the evolvement of technology-based teaching aids.