AIMS
To keep up with the changes in their status and meet the training needs of MTTs, the sessions on offer deal with the professional techniques required to handle the cases which used to come under the jurisdiction of the local magistrates and are now handled by MTTs. They also cover the new areas of competence of these non-career judges: sitting on civil benches, exercising new competences taken over from the district judge, presiding over the police court for petty offences, etc.
TRAINING
Initial training – 10 days followed by an internship in a court
The ENM trains two groups of about a hundred MTTs each year. The theoretical teaching is completed by a probationary internship in a court lasting 40 to 80 days, although in certain circumstances this may be waived by the CSM.
In-service training – 5 days in the 1st year and 3 days in the following years
MTTs can choose from about fifty different training courses. These may be designed specifically for them or they also be open to professional judges and other participants.