Absolute cracker of a post by @jessiedotkerr on judicial appointment and training - bringing a great comparative and conceptual perspective auspublaw.org/2020/08/turnin…
Important to reflect on just how dated this concept that advocacy provides all you need to be a judge now looks
As Kerr notes, "Competence in appearing before judges has, in other words, been taken as a substitute for competence to judge."
As she notes, this approach has now increasingly be abandoned in the UK. (Also I love the idea of talking about some of these taboos)
The way we educated and appoint judges is not a static ideal, and needs to adjust in light of evolving expectations and experiments in other jurisdictions.
Oz has a great history in developing judicial education, but as Kerr notes there are some troubling conceptual limitations at the core of the modern system. We need to have these (often difficult) debates about the type of judiciary we want in this country.
In short, if you have even a passing interest in judicial studies, have a look at this piece
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