Boards

Un­der the Act on Ju­di­cial Ap­point­ments Finnish judges are ap­pointed by the Pres­i­dent of the Re­pub­lic on rec­om­men­da­tion from the Min­is­ter of Jus­tice, as ad­vised by a Ju­di­cial Ap­point­ments Board. An in­de­pen­dent Ju­di­cial Ap­point­ments Board shall make prepa­ra­tions for the fill­ing of po­si­tions in the ju­di­ciary and a rea­soned pro­posal on an ap­point­ment to a po­si­tion in the ju­di­ciary.

The purpose of the independent Judicial Training Board is to plan and coordinate, jointly with the Ministry of Justice and the courts, the training of the staff involved in applying the law at the courts of law, from court traineeships to supplementary training.