Content:

The practical module aims at giving a hands-on experience in the everyday practice of the work as a judge. The module is to be held at the Supreme Court. Topics to be dealt with are: Workload Assessment, Management (case flow, administrative, financial, human resources, etc.), Court Technology, Supervising Lower Courts, Ethics, The Craft of Judging, Judicial Career, Social Context Education, Minors & Juvenile Offenders, Legal Reasoning, Dissenting Judgements, Listening to the Parties, Evaluating the Evidence, Preparing the Trial, Building a Team with the Clerks, Registrars and Court Administrators.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

• The theoretical background of working as a judge, and how to translate this into everyday work;
• Workload Assessment;
• Management (case flow, administrative, financial, human resources, etc.);
• Court Technology;
• Ethics;
• The Craft of Judging;
• Judicial Career;
• Social Context Education;
• Minors & Juvenile Offenders;
• Legal Reasoning;
• Evaluating the Evidence.

Cognitive/Intellectual skills/Application of Knowledge

• Assess workload;
• Manage (case flow, administrative, financial, human resources, etc.);
• apply Court Technology;
• Supervise Lower Courts;
• The Craft of Judging;
• Legal Reasoning;
• Write Dissenting Judgements;
• Listen to the Parties;
• Evaluate the Evidence;
• Prepare the Trial;
• Build a Team with the Clerks, Registrars and Court Administrators.

Target group:

Judges, prosecutors, attorneys

Duration:

2 weeks

Period:

8 – 19 June

Venue:

ILPD Nyanza