Judicial training
The Judicial Studies Board was set up in 1979, following the Bridge Report which identified the most important objective of judicial training as being "To convey in a condensed form the lessons, which experienced judges, have acquired from their experience...".
The Judicial Studies Board is directly responsible for training full (salaried) and part-time (fee-paid) judges in England and Wales, and for overseeing the training of magistrates and chairmen and members of tribunals. An essential element of the philosophy of the JSB is that the training of judges and magistrates is under judicial control and direction.
In April 2006, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales took over responsibility for the Judicial Studies Board from the Lord Chancellor.
More information is available on the JSB website.