ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 6 [1988]
TO:
ALL
JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS,
MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT
TRIAL
COURTS
SUBJECT:
CONTINUING
JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Pursuant to
the
Supreme Court's policy of improving the administration and delivery of
justice and upgrading the performance of the trial courts, a continuing
judicial education program is hereby established for all incumbent
trial
judges.
The program
shall
have two levels.
JUDICIAL
ORIENTATION AND IMMERSION PROGRAM
A.
Newly appointed
trial Judges shall undergo an orientation program, This includes
Municipal
Judges who are appointed to the Regional Trial Courts. The orientation
programs shall consists of the following: a familiarization course on
all
Supreme Court administrative circulars, judicial ethics, including
Court
rules and decisions, relations with the Bar, work attitude and work
ethics,
courtroom semantics, communication techniques and decision writing.
This
course shall be undertaken in the Supreme Court under the supervision
of
the Office of the Court Administrator.cralaw:red
B.
After completion
of the familiarization program, the newly appointed Judge shall
thereafter
undergo an immersion program at his station. He shall immediately
report
to his station but shall not begin to hear cases until after a one-week
immersion program completed. The immersion program shall consists of
the
following activities:chanrobles virtual law library
(1)
actual observation
of the Court trials by sitting in with a senior Judge in the conduct of
juducial proceedings;
(2)
observation of the
activities in the Office of the Clerk of Court, including meetings with
the different Court personnel, and a study of their functions and
duties;
(3)
inventory of
all pending cases in the sala or branch to which he is assigned;
(4) a tour
of the
territory covered within the jurisdiction of his Court;
(5)
familiarization
with the various local governments and other government agencies
operating
within the territory covered by his Court.cralaw:red This immersion
program
shall be under the supervision of the Executive Judge of the station
and
in case of a single sala station, under the supervision of the nearest
Executive Judge to be assigned by the Office of the Court Administrator.
The
Executive Judge
shall submit to the Supreme Court, a certificate of completion of the
immersion
program within ten [10] days from its completion. The new Judge shall
formally
assume his judicial duties upon completion of the immersion
course.
JUDICIAL
CAREER ENRICHMENT AND
JUDICIAL
EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS
The
judicial career
enrichment and judicial executive programs shall be held once a year
under
a course of study which shall have the following substantial features:chanrobles virtual law library
(a) a
review of
recent Supreme Court decisions and legislations;
(b)
monitoring and
assessment of the performance of participating Judges;
(c)
judicial clinic
to discuss Court problems;
(d)
dialogue with
members of the Bar and government officials involve in the
administration
of justice; and cralaw:red
(e) other
relevants
aspects of judicial training as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice.cralaw:red Judicial
career enrichment
and judicial executive courses shall be resident programs, unless
otherwise
indicated by the Chief Justice. Both resident and non-resident programs
shall be undertaken in an environment insuring concentrated studies and
productive involvement of all participants.
October 11,
1988.
[Sgd.]
MARCELO
B. FERNANChief
Justice | 
