Training of Lay Magistrates
- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 14-01-13 20:29
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- Training of Lay Magistrates
- Competencies
- divided into 4 areas - 4th only undertaken by chairmen of the bench
- Managing Yourself
- preparing for court
- conduct in court
- ongoing learning
- basic aspects of self management
- Working As A Tearm
- focuses on decision making in magistrates court
- Making Judicial Decisions
- focuses on impartial and structured decision making
- Managing Judicial Decision Making
- Chairman
- working with legal adviser, managing the court, and ensuring effective impartial decision making
- Training of New Magistrates
- Initial Training
- introductory training + basics of role
- Mentoring
- for first 12-18 months by specially trained magistrate mentor
- 6 formal mentored sittings where learning progress is reviewed
- for first 12-18 months by specially trained magistrate mentor
- Core Training
- during first year visitors to prisons + young offenders institute + observing other magistrates
- Consolidation Training
- after 2 years
- for 12 hours
- training builds on learning of observing + core training
- designed to plan ongoing development + prepare for Appraisal
- First Appraisal
- after 1 year - both mentor + magistrate agree when ready
- when successful magistrate is deemed fully competent
- Initial Training
- Training Sessions
- local level - 42 court areas
- a lot of training carried out by court clerk
- Youth + Family Panel Chairman will be trained nationally
- if there are not enough chairman's needed to be trained locally
- Ongoing Training
- appraised every 3 years
- continuation training every 3 years to maintain competency to remain sitting
- up to date training on changes in law
- Youth + Family Court
- extra training
- extra training for chairman
- Competencies
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