Judicial Training Methods

The Judicial Training Methods activities aim to enhance the sharing of good judicial training practices among justice professionals and to establish new approaches for the delivery of training and knowledge to EU judges and prosecutors.

What is it?

On 12-13 June 2014 the EJTN members, at the General Assembly in Thessaloniki, Greece, agreed to give life to a new Working Group (WG) devoted to “Judicial Training Methods” (JTM).

The opportunities leading to the creation of this new WG replied to the following requirements:

The necessity to share good judicial training practices among justice professionals and set up a new approach towards the delivery of training and knowledge to EU judges and prosecutors, according to changing needs and priorities;
The need to combine judicial training with the quality of justice.

AIM

What’s the objective?

The WG Judicial Training Methods can be read under the light of a “fil rouge” serving all these purposes, since its peculiarity lies in the creation of a proper environment for identification, research and dissemination of training tools. Its aim consists in proposing the most efficient and concrete training methodologies, applicable in all contexts.

Therefore, its contributions are polyhedric and transversal for any purposes of training tools development, by offering an actual reply to “training needs”, also through a wider recourse to E- tools.

Key Topics

The WG JTM is organised according to three Project Teams concerning the following key areas:

Innovation and Digitalisation of Judicial Trainaing
Judgecraft
Leadership

Activities planned for 2024

Activity Reference	Date	Name (Title) of activity (Subject)	Venue	Target Audience	Language	Application Deadline
TM/2024/01	7-8 March 2024	Personal Leadership for judicial leaders	Prague, Czechia	Court presidents Head State Prosecutors Offices Court Directors (Court Staff)	English	05 Feb 2024
TM/2024/02	14 March 2024	Evaluation and learning scan: a new approach in judicial training	ONLINE	Trainers Training institutions representatives	English	14 Feb 2024
TM/2024/03	18 – 19 March 2024	Applying new technologies to judicial training – good practices & ongoing challenges	ERA – Trier, Germany / HYBRID	Trainers Training institutions representatives	English	05 Feb 2024
TM/2024/04	4-5 April 2024	Virtual and Hybrid Hearings – IT Tools, Challenges and Best Practices	Celle, Germany	Judges Prosecutors Trainers	English	05 Feb 2024
TM/2024/05	18 – 19 April 2024	Training for trainers to train Judgecraft	Barcelona, Spain	Targeted judicial trainers, persons in charge for course training development	English	18 Feb 2024
TM/2024/06	2-3 May 2024	Communication and Vulnerability	Barcelona, Spain	Trainers Judges Prosecutors	English	02 Mar 2024
TM/2024/07	6-7 May 2024	Pedagogical innovation through the skills-based approach: work on the posture of the judge	Paris, France	Trainers Judges Prosecutors	English	16 Mar 2024
TM/2024/08	3-7 June 2024	Virtual Reality in Judicial Training	Pirna, Germany	Trainers Education Advisors Members of training institutions	English	03 Apr 2024
TM/2024/09	10-11 June 2024	Trauma Informed Judging / Practice	Hamburg, Germany	Trainers Judges Prosecutors	English	10 Apr 2024
TM/2024/10	24-25 June 2024	Communication for judicial leaders	Zagreb, Croatia	Court presidents Head State Prosecutors Offices Court Directors (Court Staff)	English	24 Apr 2024
TM/2024/11	3-4 October 2024	The legitimacy of the magistrate in the face of new technologies	Online	Trainers Judges Prosecutors	English	15 Jul 2024
TM/2024/12	14-15 October 2024	Designing and video production for judicial training Part 1	Online	Trainers Education Advisors Members of training institutions	English	15 Jul 2024
TM/2024/14	7-8 November 2024	Change management for judicial leaders	Online	Court presidents Head State Prosecutors Offices Court Directors (Court Staff)	English	07 Sep 2024

Any questions?

For any queries concerning the Judicial Training Methods activities, please contact the EJTN Secretariat – Camille Durez, camille.durez@ejtn.eu