Judicial training and justice reform

Abstract

After some initial resistance from local judiciaries, judicial training has become awidely accepted vehicle of judicial development in USAID’s Latin American AOJ projects,accounting for up to 25 percent of the assistance budget. Training is common to most assistanceprojects because it is required to transfer new skills, procedures, and technologies.However in the AOJ programs, training has also been necessary because judicial personnel oftenlack the knowledge and skills for their existing jobs. Its introduction and institutionalization areoften an end as well as a means of reform.