During September 29-30, 2022, in Prague, in hybrid format, was held the conference “New approaches in the training offered by EJTN training institutions” organized by the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) and the Czech Academy of Justice under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
On Friday, 30 September 2022, five NIJ trainers attended the conference "The Evolution of European Union Law – The dialogue between the EU Court of Justice and the Constitutional Courts", on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Institute of Magistracy (NIM) in Bucharest.
The representatives of the National Institute of Justice carried out, on September 27-29, 2022, a study visit in Bucharest. The delegation was formed by Ecaterina Popa, the ad interim Director, members of the NIJ Council Vitalie Stratan, judge at the Chisinau Court, and Ion Covalciuc, chief prosecutor of the municipality of Balti, Tatiana Ciaglic, ad interim head of the Legal Information Center and Lilia Rusu, head of the Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Department of the Ministry of Justice.
The role of the trainer and adult training techniques, how a course is designed and delivered, the alternation of learning techniques and methods, the evaluation of training through the Kirkpatrick model and many other topics were covered within the module ”Effective communication with litigants”. The activity is part of the autumn school for the training of trainers in the field of developing the communication skills of the court staff.
In the context of promoting the dialogue and interprofessional synergy, the National Institute of Justice and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) organize, between September 26-29, 2022, two trainings with the theme of „ Techniques for presenting the case in court” and „Argumentation and legal writing”. These are being held as part of the Young Legal Professionals Program, following the model of training courses at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) in the US.
