Role of the Judicial Studies Board

The Board are to provide suitable and effective programmes of practical studies for full and part time members of the judiciary and to improve upon the system of disseminating information to them.  In order to protect judicial independence and in particular to ensure that sectional interests are not brought to bear on the judiciary through the training events, the Board is “judge driven”.

The Board currently aims to provide a mixture of ten events and workshops per term, to meet the needs of judiciary at all levels.

Members of the judiciary are also invited to attend courses organised and run by the Judicial College and the Judicial Studies Committee (JSC) in Scotland.

The Board is a founder member of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and members of the judiciary attend conferences in a number of other jurisdictions to discuss matters of mutual interest.