Pacific Judicial Development Program

The Pacific Judicial Development Program is a multi-lateral, regional project to build the capacity of Judges, Magistrates and Court Clerks across all courts of Pacific Forum Islands Countries. The project has a very significant training focus and thus far has:

undertaken training needs analyses for Judges, Magistrates and Court Clerks;
supported the development and strengthening of a system of National Coordinators for judicial training;
conducted ‘Judicial Trainer' programs to build the capacity of local trainers to design, deliver and evaluate continue training activities without input by international consultants;
conducted training on court rules, procedures and a range of technical specialities, including family and the law; juvenile justice; and court practice;
developed a ‘Bench Book' to guide the day to day activities of Court Clerks within courts of all jurisdictions;
undertaken business process improvement activities for the Court Clerk and Court Registry Processes within participating courts; and
developed a monitoring and evaluation strategy to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of project activities and training within the participating judiciaries.

Global Justice Solutions provides wide-ranging technical guidance, and overarching leadership, management and administration of the entire project in association with the Federal Court of Australia.