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Building Connections and Sharing Education Resources in Judicial Education

Building Connections and Sharing Education Resources in Judicial Education. Victor Hall, General Secretary, European Judicial Training Network The Honourable Justice Thea P. Herman, National Judicial Institute Sandra E. Oxner , Chair, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute

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Building Connections and Sharing Education Resources in Judicial Education

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  1. Building Connections and Sharing Education Resources in Judicial Education Victor Hall, General Secretary, European Judicial Training Network The Honourable Justice Thea P. Herman,National Judicial Institute Sandra E. Oxner, Chair, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute 4th International Conference on the Training of the JudiciarySydney, Australia

  2. A. Working to Build Connections: Why a Network?

  3. National Judicial Institute The Canadian Context: • Federal state • Large country • Diverse population • Bijural and bilingual • First Nations/Aboriginal peoples

  4. National Judicial Institute The model: A single national, bilingual education body providing overall coordinating and information-sharing function with respect to judicial education in Canada The ‘repository’ and ‘inventory’ of judicial education expertise in Canada

  5. National Judicial Institute NJI programming and resources – • 85 programs annually: • Court-based programming • NJI programs • Online programs • Other resources: • Judicial Library • Bench Books • Modules

  6. European Judicial Training Network Organising Pan-Continental Legal Training • European Judicial Training Network Mission Statement • Imperatives at European level • Membership • Supremacy of European Law> commonality • Genesis and political iterations • Mutual recognition/area of freedom, security and justice

  7. Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) • Establishing the CJEI • Examples of Various Connections • CJEI Patrons • CJEI Fellows • CJEI Report • CJEI Biennial Meetings • CJEI Programmes

  8. B. Using the Connections in Support of Judicial Education

  9. European Judicial Training Network Implementation: • Need for inclusivity • All members are equal, however large or small • Wealth of country irrelevant • Differential membership fees based on GDP • Equality of voting • Rule change to give Steering Committee discretion • Open to corps judiciaire of all EU countries

  10. European Judicial Training Network Implementation (ii): • Structure: • General Assembly • Secretary General • Steering Committee • Working Groups and sub-groups • Programmes WG with 4 sub-groups • Exchange Programme WG • Technologies WG • External Relations WG

  11. Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) • CJEI Gateway - Commonwealth electronic linkage network for judicial education materials

  12. National Judicial Institute Supporting the Network: • Judicial Faculty Development • International Judicial Faculty Development • Court Education Chairs Programs • Judge-led course design, planning and delivery • Judicial Associates • Education Guides • In the future?: College of Judicial Educators

  13. National Judicial Institute NJI Educational Modules Example: Communicating in the Moment

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  17. C. Challenges in Maintaining Networks – The Way Forward

  18. Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) • Challenges • Techniques for Overcoming Challenges

  19. National Judicial Institute Challenges in Maintaining Networks: Domestically • Keeping open lines of communication • Different commitment, cultures, needs and approaches of partners • Making bilingualism effective and relevant • Depends on volunteer time by judges

  20. National Judicial Institute Challenges in Maintaining Networks (ii): Internationally (JEDNET) • JEDNET – international project aimed at determining how to build and sustain networks, and share knowledge between judicial education bodies: • time/resources/staff • protecting judicial independence; promoting judicial ownership and leadership • difficult to sustain

  21. National Judicial Institute Challenges in Maintaining Networks (iii): Network has to have ongoing value for participants

  22. European Judicial Training Network Challenges: • Independence of the judiciary • Reciprocal enforcement > mutual trust • Size of geographical area and population • Independence from political input • Confidence in other judiciaries/level of judge giving judgement • Application of underlying law • Confidence, in and uniformity of training and its quality

  23. European Judicial Training Network Challenges (ii): • Incorporation of European Law principles into national law • Levels of the judiciary trained nationally varies • Induction • Continuation • Junior versus higher ranked judges • Time made available – “judge release time” • Consensus politics –lowest common denominator?

  24. European Judicial Training Network Challenges (iii): • Linguistics • Differing levels of participation • Downgrading importance of European Law nationally • Many different, national factors at work across the continent

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