New Federally Appointed Judges Seminar Common Law
This one-week program, offered jointly by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and the National Judicial Institute, is designed so that new judges may participate in sessions that are most relevant to them topically. Throughout the week, the seminar subjects are divided between those that apply to Common Law jurisdictions, those that apply to Civil Law jurisdictions, or both.
Number of Participants: 131
Overview
This one-week program, offered jointly by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and the National Judicial Institute, is designed so that new judges may participate in sessions that are most relevant to them topically.
Throughout the week, the seminar subjects are divided between those that apply to Common Law jurisdictions, those that apply to Civil Law jurisdictions, or both.
Objectives
In their first year of appointment, new judges are required to attend two one-week programs to train them on independence, ethics and conducts and update them on current legal issues in courtroom situations through interactive approaches.
Organized jointly by the National Judicial Institute and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, the emphasis of the October seminar is on Family Law, Judicial Review, Evidence and Remedies and the emphasis of the April seminar is on Criminal Law, Civil Law and Judgment Writing.
Throughout the week, the seminar subjects are divided between those that apply to Common Law jurisdictions, those that apply to Civil Law jurisdictions, or both. Where Common Law and Civil Law jurisdictions overlap, the groups have been combined and translation services are provided.
Note: New Federally Appointed Judges Spring Program was cancelled in April 2020 due to the pandemic.