According to the published Commission 2017 report on European judicial training the main development has been made in rise of the the EU law training for bailiffs (judicial officers).
Commission in 2017 report on European judicial training presents figures regarding training of legal practitioners in EU law and in the law of other Member States in 2016.
Challenges of today's Judicial officer’s profession were one of the topics of the annual Permanent Council Meeting of International Union of Judicial Officers (UIHJ) in Paris November 23rd-25th.
Director of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania Dovilė Satkauskienė reviewed the situation in Lithuania.
Trust in judicial officers has increased by 7% over the last year. Since last autumn, the number of inhabitants who would ask judicial officers to help them recover their debts has been icreased by 5 percents.
During the visit in Vilnius representatives of Ukrainian state institutions and private judicial officers concern the experience of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania in the formation of bailiffs' professional self-government institutions and in improving enforcement procedures.
Upon the entry into force of the amendments to the Article 21 of the Law of Republic of Lithuania on Judicial Officers, from 13th of July 2017 judicial officers can provide more legal services. Their list is complemented by mediation in dispute resolution.
The 8th of June is the World Day of the Judicial Officer. It was commemorated for the 10th time on the initiative of the International Union of Judicial Officers.
The Memorandum of Cooperation between the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania and the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Kazakhstan was signed on 2 May 2017 in Vilnius. It opens possibilities for exchange of experience of judicial officers and a faster anchoring of the institution of judicial officers in Central Asia.
The variety of electronic procedures of enforcement of decisions installed in Lithuania and their practical benefit is an example to follow for Poland where modernisation of activities of judicial officers is also gaining pace.
64% of residents in Lithuania trust judicial officers. The majority of respondents evaluated the quality of work of judicial officers by 7 or 8 points out of 10.
On 16‒19 November in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, the Parliament members, Government members and lawyers of Bulgaria were presented with the experience of judicial officers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in providing legal services and transferring the system of enforcement of decisions online.