The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the most emerging countries and the most innovative Arab country. In UAE, innovation become an important key success factor for public and private companies nowadays, and it is a requirement for all kind of companies to survive and to grow. Many studies investigated the key success factors toward the adoption and implementation of innovation including the technological, financial, and cultural impact. But only rare are those investigating this matter within the public sector. The purpose of this research is to explore the factors leading as well as those challenging the success of innovation’ adoption in public sector in the United Arab Emirates. Hence, the case of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Academy is studied using qualitative research through interviews with ten key managers in the Academy. The research findings provide a detailed look at how this Emirati public institution is succeeding the adoption and implementation of its innovation such as leadership support, IT infrastructure, employees’ motivation and satisfaction and collaboration and networking. The model created can be considered as a good contribution to both academic and professional sides.
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