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 seven Project Teams concerning the following key-areas:

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 Lisbon, Portugal Trainers
Judges
Prosecutors		 English 15 Jul 2024
TM/2024/12 14-15 October 2024 Designing and video production for judicial training Part 1 Vienna, Austria Trainers
Education Advisors
Members of training institutions		 English 15 Jul 2024
TM/2024/13 24-25 October 2024 Communication and Vulnerability Tallinn, Estonia Judges
Prosecutors
Trainers		 English 15 Jul 2024
TM/2024/14 7-8 November 2024 Change management for judicial leaders Nicosia, Cyprus 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 – Arno Vinkovic, arno.vinkovic@ejtn.eu