The JSB is directly responsible for training full and part-time judges in England and Wales, and for overseeing the training of Lay 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 directions. 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...".

This remains the essence of the JSB's role. A Circuit Judge, currently Judge John Phillips, is seconded to the JSB full-time as Director of Studies. The work of the Committees is supplemented by JSB publications.

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