[PDF] Survey Of State Judicial Education And Training Programs eBook

Author : Livingston Armytage
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2015-06-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004279261

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What the experts said about ‘Educating Judges’: • ‘A comprehensive review of judicial education ... an extremely valuable work.’ - Sir Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of Australia • ‘Truly a seminal work which sets the best practice for the field.‘ - Dr Charles Ericksen, Vice-President, NCSC, USA • ‘A most masterly survey of the field.’ - Professor Martin Partington, Judicial Studies Board, England • ‘Thorough, well argued and comprehensive; offers substantial insight at many points.’ - Professor John K. Hudzik, Director, JERITT, USA • ‘A substantial piece of work ... and a significant contribution.’ - Professor Peter Sallmann, Executive Director, AIJA, Australia • ‘Sophisticated and mature treatment of a vital area of public education.’ - Emeritus Professor J. E. Thomas, University of Nottingham, England • ‘Invaluable ... contains a wealth of material and references’ - Judge John Goldring, Dean of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia About this Second Edition: 2015 Brill|Nijhoff is delighted to republish Educating Judges, the seminal monograph in the field of judicial education. First published in 1996, this book enables judicial educators to develop a more effective pedagogy by focusing on the distinctive learning needs, styles and preferences of judges, and deepening understanding of judges as learners. Much has happened since then. Over the past twenty years, judicial education has grown very substantially around the world in both size and sophistication. It is now well established in many countries and is seen as an essential component of modern concepts of justice. In addition to providing new entrants an opportunity to read this classic text, this second edition enables readers to gauge what has happened – or not – in the world of judicial education over the past two decades. This new edition reports on the findings of the first ever survey conducted of leading judicial educators around the world. In doing so, it examines the state of judicial education across a range of issues, including: • significant recent developments, • major institutional issues and challenges, • trends in professionalizing the practice, • evolving goals, curricula, methodologies and approaches, • building knowledge through research, evaluation and networks, • impact and applications of information technology; • use of judicial training in official development assistance; and • how globalisation is affecting the education of judges.

Author : Keith R. Fisher
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File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2012
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Introductory judicial education (IJE) is an avenue for improving both appointive and elective systems of judicial selection. The impetus for considering this topic can be traced back to lingering unease with judicial selection and the ongoing (though now somewhat stagnant) debate over merit selection. Moreover, changes in the nature of law practice and the judicial role over the past several decades have rendered the gap between those two activities increasingly large. Moreover, surveys of minority communities have consistently demonstrated a far lower degree of confidence in the impartiality and fairness of our nation's judges. IJE is an effort to maximize the chances that judicial selection, by any process, will result in a judiciary composed of competent individuals who are not only philosophically attuned to the imperatives of fairness and impartiality (both in appearance and in fact) but capable of performing at a higher level of competence and efficiency as a result of having received specialized training. This article discusses the case for, and potential content of, a program of education for those who aspire to judicial office. The program envisioned would be completely voluntary and would not by any means displace existing selection mechanisms. Instead, it would serve to enhance them by making available to judicial aspirants educational programs designed to produce judicial candidates who are better prepared for the role and who can make a more informed decision regarding whether a judicial career is appropriate for them. Furthermore, such training will advance the cause of professionalism by improving the overall quality of the pool of people seeking election or appointment to the bench. Individual state bar associations will be able to take leading roles in fashioning the optimal format and curriculum of such a program and fostering the ideals of fair and impartial courts that have long been the hallmark of our legal system.