The Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) is responsible for the provision and sponsorship of judicial training, within the resources provided by the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chief Justice exercises his executive responsibilities for oversight of the Judicial Studies Board (JSB) through the Judicial Executive Board (a permanent body with responsibility for the leadership, organisation and management of the judiciary of England and Wales) and it is through that body that the Chairman of the JSB advises the LCJ on training issues, and raises particular issues for consideration, as appropriate.

The JSB is an independent judicial body and part of The Directorate of Judicial Offices for England and Wales. It draws its funds, staff and much of its corporate support directly from the Ministry of Justice.

The JSB operates through two bodies, an Executive Board and an Advisory Council.

The Executive Board is the JSB’s governing body, with responsibility for strategy, planning and delivery. The Chairman of the Executive Board also chairs the Advisory Council. The Board’s membership consists of the JSB’s committee chairmen, its Directors of Training, the Director of Studies, the joint Executive Directors and two non-Executive Directors, who provide an external perspective on the Board’s activities. The key tasks of the Executive Board are to set the overall strategy for the JSB and annual Business Plan, and oversee the delivery within budget through the work of the individual committees, the Executive Directors and the Director of Studies.

The Advisory Council’s main role is to ensure that the work of the JSB is scrutinised and challenged. Its members include sponsors and interested parties such as senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Tribunals Service Chief Executive, representatives of the judiciary, representatives of the legal professional bodies, and academic specialists who were selected through open competition. At its meetings, it reviews and comments on the JSB’s budget, performance and strategy and, by debating important points of principle, provides a sounding board to help the Executive Board develop proposals and policies.

Committees
Judicial training needs are assessed, and courses and training materials are developed, by the main committees of the Judicial Studies Board. The main committees are responsible for oversight of training in particular jurisdictions, namely the Judicial Training, Senior Judiciary, Magisterial and Tribunals Committees. The Equal Treatment Advisory Committee (ETAC) has an advisory role on diversity and equal treatment issues that spans the work of the other committees.

• Judicial Training Committee

• Magisterial Committee
• Tribunals Committee
• Senior Judiciary Committee

• Equal Treatment Advisory Committee