Good judicial training practices

Based on a pilot project on European judicial training, which was proposed by the European Parliament in 2012 and executed by the European Commission during the 2013-2014 period, EJTN conducted a thorough study to locate and document good judicial training practices from across Europe.

The good training practices were collected from 23 judicial training organisations across Europe such as national judicial training institutions, the Academy of European Law (ERA), the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) and EJTN.

Each of the resulting 65 good practices, arranged under five themes, present the key features of the good practice, highlight the relevant contact persons for the good practice and provide comments and further analysis about the good practice.

The good practice sheets may be found from the below table, and are also available from the European Commission's e-Justice Portal.

Training needs' assessment

Court Practice Analysis en fr bg	Estonia
Structured Procedure to Determine Training en fr bg	Romania
Training Gap Analysis en fr bg	Belgium
Mental Health Tribunal Whole Programme Assessment en fr bg	Englands and Wales
Assessing Regional Training Needs en fr bg	Croatia
Creating Competency Profiles for Judges and Prosecutors en fr bg	Poland
Training of Coroners en fr bg	England and Wales
Training Needs, Evaluation and Impact Assessment en fr bg	Academy of European Law (ERA)
Individual Learning Need Assessment en fr bg	European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA)
Participatory Assessment en fr bg	France

Innovative curricula or training plans

Planning a Comprehensive and Needs- orientated Annual Training Curriculum en fr bg	Germany
Planning a Comprehensive and Needs- orientated Annual Training Curriculum en fr bg	England and Wales
Delivery of Training to Judges and Prosecutors in conjunction with Other Professions en fr bg	Bulgaria
Delivery of Training to Judges and Prosecutors in conjunction with Other Professions en fr bg	England and Wales
Combining Different Disciplines in the Delivery of Training for Judges and Prosecutors en fr bg	Italy
Simulated Mock Tribunals and Role Play Programmes en fr bg	England and Wales
Simulated Mock Tribunals en fr bg	Hungary
Close Monitoring of Communication Skills, through the use of Simulation en fr bg	France
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	France
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	Finland
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	Belgium
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	England and Wales
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA)
Leadership and Management Training en fr bg	The Netherlands
A Comprehensive Package to Deliver Large- Scale Training on new Legal Instruments en fr bg	Romania
A Comprehensive Package to Deliver Large- Scale Training on new Legal Instruments en fr bg	France
A Comprehensive Package to Deliver Large- Scale Training on new Legal Instruments en fr bg	ERA
Joint Delivery of Training Programmes in Unusual Partnerships en fr bg	Portugal
Joint Delivery of Training Programmes in Unusual Partnerships en fr bg	Poland
Court Mentors en fr bg	Bulgaria
Court Mentors en fr bg	The Netherlands

Innovative training methodology

Comprehensive Online e-Learning Strategy en fr bg	Bulgaria
Blended e-Learning en fr bg	The Netherlands
Blended e-Learning en fr bg	Spain
Comprehensive, Multi-Faceted Approach for Training in EU-Law en fr bg	Bulgaria
Recording, Broadcasting, Online Podcasting, Recording and Transcription of Training Activities and their Availability on the Internet en fr bg	Romania
E-boxes and Video-conferencing en fr bg	Portugal
Real Case Study, Developed in Real Time, through the Use of Video-conferencing en fr bg	Spain
Recruitment of Trainers and Evaluation of Trainers Performance en fr bg	Romania
Organisation of Decentralised Training to Reflect Local Training Needs and Issues en fr bg	Bulgaria
Organisation of Decentralised Training to Reflect Local Training Needs and Issues en fr bg	Romania
Organisation of Decentralised Training to Reflect Local Training Needs and Issues en fr bg	France
Learning in Large Teams – The Snowball Methodology en fr bg	England and Wales
Small teams – Decision Writing en fr bg	The Netherlands
Self-reflection on Decision Writing en fr bg	Estonia
Small teams – The Business of Judging en fr bg	England and Wales
The Judge in Society: Deontology, Ethics and Relations with the Media en fr bg	Spain
Self-reflection in Communication Skills en fr bg	Estonia
Media communication – Interactive and Multi-layer Media Training en fr bg	Germany

Training tools to favour the correct application of EU law and international judicial co-operation

Access to EU Law via Electronic Means en fr bg	Portugal
Comprehensive, Multi-Faceted Approach for Training in EU-Law and International Judicial Co-operation (Eurinfra model) en fr bg	The Netherlands
GAIUS: increase judges' knowledge of EU law en fr bg	Italy
Combining Training on EU Law and International Co-operation with Legal Language Training en fr bg	Spain
Combining Training on EU Law and International Co-operation with Legal Language Training en fr bg	Hungary (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Continual Networking (Real and Virtual) en fr bg	Romania
THEMIS Competition en fr bg	European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Criminal Justice I – International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters – ‘EAW and MLA Simulations’ en fr bg	European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
‘Learn by doing’ while Increasing Knowledge of Judicial Co-operation and the Domestic Law of other EU Member States en fr bg	Germany
Development of EU Law Training Materials at t the Pan-European Level for Subsequent Incorporation at the National Level en fr bg	Academy of European Law (ERA)
Ensuring Visibility of EU Law Content in Domestic Law Courses en fr bg	The Netherlands

Assessment of participants´ performance in training / effect of the training activities

The Rapporteur en fr bg	Belgium
‘Show What you have Learned’ en fr bg	The Netherlands
Long-term Assessment of Training Activities en fr bg	Germany
Evaluation and Impact Assessment System en fr bg	Academy for European Law (ERA)
Post-training Evaluation en fr bg	European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA)

The final report in its entirety of the pilot project is available here:
Study on Best Practices in training of judges and prosecutors