ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

TALWANT SINGHPRINCIPAL JUDGE

FAMILY COURTDELHI (INDIA)

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Training and Development can help courts improve court &justice system performance and achieve their preferred future targets.

Judicial branch education helps courts maintain balance between the forces of change and enduring principles and predictable processes.

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Forces that will shape Society and challenge the Judiciary

Demographics and Population shiftsScientific DevelopmentAdvances in TechnologyResource LimitationsDecreased Public Satisfaction and

Increased Public Expectations

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Cont...

Self-Represented Litigants

Different and Expanded Services

Resistance to change

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Training and Development must be:

Continuous and CreativeInclusiveAccessible and TailoredWell-managedEvaluated

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Training and Development Core Competency Areas:

Context and VisionResource DevelopmentAdult Education FundamentalsProgram ManagementEvaluation

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Context and VisionWhen context, vision, purpose focus on

training and define developmental needs, educational resources are better targeted, allocated, and managed.

Court inspired collaboration and the strategic inclusion of others in training enhances court and justice system performance while broadening judicial training resources.

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Resource DevelopmentEducation and Training are investments

that pay dividends year after year.

Untapped funding resources include the budgets, staff, and programs of other governmental branches, universities, the private sector, foundations, partnerships, entrepreneurial ventures and not-for-profit organizations.

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Adult Education FundamentalsAdult education fundamentals include

needs assessment, learning objectives, varied curriculum and program delivery including distance learning, faculty selection, preparation, mentoring & evaluation.

Understanding adult education assists court leaders as they manage judicial branch education departments & deliver programs

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

Program ManagementTraining and Development must be well-

managed and aligned with the court, its mission, vision, structures, and, very importantly, its internal work-flows.

Quality judicial branch education is more likely when the court and its judicial branch education programs are well managed.

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

EvaluationEvaluation validates and values effort and

expenditures in relation to desired organizational outcomes.

Evaluation helps leaders and educators as they establish priorities, allocate existing and future resources, and seek to maintain, if not increase, funding.

ROLE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN COURTS

THANKS

TALWANT SINGHPRINCIPAL JUDGE

FAMILY COURTDELHI (INDIA)