Judicial Education-A Necessity for Judicial Success

Abstract

Judicial Education is a specialised area in which law and education intersect. Its development and acceptance in the judiciary is relatively new.

This paper discusses judicial education and its impact on judicial success. It provides insights into the expectation of judicial education and how it informs on the competency of the judiciary and confidence of the public in the judiciary. It examines the term judicial success and connects this with the recognition of judicial education as necessary. Further, it suggests that evaluation methodologies for judicial education programs are critical to confirming judicial success because judicial success is based on improved access to justice.

It is anticipated that this research will contribute to the academic work in judicial education and provide a foundation for future studies which critically analyse through more literature review and empirical data on the connectedness of judicial education and success.