Training of Mentors in the Initial Training Program

On March 27 2018, Academy of Justice, in cooperation with the EU funded Twinning Project “Further Support to Legal Education Reform”, and with the USAID Judicial Support Strengthening Project (JSSP) conducted a training for the judges of civil area who were selected as mentors for the newly appointed judges.

Purpose of this training was to increase the judge’s knowledge on the mentoring program, methods and techniques of mentoring, their role and duties as mentors, as well as adequate forms of their approach in relation to the newly appointed judges.

This training initially presented the structure of the Initial Training Program, with emphasis on its practical part, rules and standards set in the Mentors Handbook, ways of organization and implementation of this process, and the mentors role and duties in relation with newly appointed judges in the Academy of Justice.

Focus of this training was to thoroughly elaborate on the mentoring component as a process, duties and responsibilities in assisting newly appointed judges, and ways and best practices in transferring knowledge and practical experience to the judges under their mentorship. This training also deliberated on main principles for case flow management, and introduced best practices of case management in order for them to be transferred to the newly appointed judges.

Mentors were equipped with all the necessary information and documents that are part of the Initial Training Program, like: Regulation of the Initial Training Program, the Initial Training Program, the Mentors Handbook, etc.