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.
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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 2025

Between June and November 2025, a series of training sessions will be offered to judicial trainers, court staff, judges and prosecutors, focusing on leadership, communication, and innovative tools in judicial training. In October and November, several online activities will explore topics such as women in leadership, video production for training, virtual reality in judicial education, and managing conflicts and unconscious bias. 

For the full list of activities planned to take place in 2025, please refer to the EJTN Online Training Catalogue. 

Any questions?

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