Objects:

The object of the Academy is to provide effective training to the serving Judicial officers and Induction training to the newly recruits so as to keep them in pace with the emerging legal, social and technological trend.

Recognition of the need for continuing education by the judiciary as a profession – comprises three principal components, being:

New judge transition – to train and educate new appointees to assume office, to facilitate the transition from advocate to adjudicator, and to bridge the gap between inexperience and experience;

continuing education – to facilitate the ongoing professional development of judicial officers and to keep them abreast of change; and On going development – to a considerably lesser degree, to address other career or personal development needs.

Training:

At the Academy Foundation Courses, Orientation programmes, Advanced Training and Refresher courses are conducted regularly. The Foundation training is divided into - Theory and Practical. Visits to Courts, Police establishments, Jails, Revenue Department including Survey, Railway Protection Force and General Hospital are undertaken. The course curriculum includes stress and time management, court management, forensic science, judicial ethics, consumer law, environmental laws, Gender justice, labour laws, medical jurisprudence and criminology, ADR, IPR, cyber laws, Juvenile Justice and Adoption, etc.,

Resource_Persons:

Experts from multi discipline and inter disciplinary faculty are invited to deliver guest lectures and presentations.

Learning By Participation:

The services offered by any programme of continuing judicial education is determined by need.  We understand that adults learn best by participation and interaction. Consequently our preferred approach is by interaction and participation.  The programme will facilitate the participants to identify and prioritise the training services by being more interactive and participative.

Video Conferencing Facility:

Interlinking of National Judicial Academy, Bhopal & Other State Judicial Academies with Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, Chennai through Video Conferencing to make participation of Judicial Officer's in the programme conducting by other Judicial Academies.