LAY MAGISTRATES TRAINING
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- Created on: 12-05-14 10:46
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- Lay Magistrates Training
- The JSB is responsible for overseeing the training of the Magistrates nationally. In each court area, the Justices Clerk is responsible for providing training.
- 1 Initial Training
- a new Magistrate will undergo inductor training on the basics of the role. After this they will sit in court with two other experienced magistrates.
- 2. Mentoring
- Each new Magistrate has a specially trained mentor to guide them through their first months. The mentors will review their learning progress and talk over any training needs.
- 3. Core Training
- Over the first year, further training, visits to prisons and observations take place.
- 4. Consolidation Training
- They undergo this at the end of the first year.
- This is designed to help them to plan for their on-going development and prepare for their first appraisal.
- They undergo this at the end of the first year.
- 5. First Appraisal
- 12-18 months after appointment, when the mentor and magistrate agree they are ready, the new justice is appraised. A specially trained Magistrate will sit as part of the bench observing whether the new magistrate is doing it well.
- 6. Appraisals
- They then follow appraisals after one year; update training and continuation training every three years.
- 7. Further training
- there will be further training if a lay justice takes on new responsibilities such as becoming a chair person.
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