AFGHAN LEGAL TRAINING PROGRAM - - OVERALL SUBSTANTIVE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST GROUP OF AFGHAN PARTICIPANTS 6/73 TO 12/74

LACK OF FLUENCY IN ENGLISH CITED AS A CONTINUING PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH SUBSEQUENT PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING BEFORE LEAVING AFGHANISTAN AND WILL TAKE ONLY ONE COURSE DURING THEIR FIRST SEMESTER IN THE US. OVERALL PARTICIPANT PERFORMANCE GOOD; BALANCE OF CLASSROOM WORK, SPECIAL SEMINARS, AND PRACTICAL WORK IS EFFECTIVE. ALTHOUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAM IS NOT DEGREE-ORIENTED, LACK OF CERTAINTY OF THE STATUS ACCORDED THOSE WHO FINISH THE PROGRAM HAS PUT PRESSURE ON MANY PARTICIPANTS TO ATTAIN A MASTER OF COMPARATIVE LAW. REGOGNITION BY THE GOA OF PROGRAM COMPLETION AS BEING EQUIVALENT TO A DEGREE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.