The universally recognised mission of judicial education is to enhance the
competence of judges and thereby to improve the performance of courts to provide
services applying the law and resolving disputes. Beneath this overarching mission,
objectives may vary but are likely to aim at building competence by improving the
knowledge, skills and outlook of judges. Examples of some programme objectives are
to focus on orientation and induction training, or to conduct seminars to improve legal
knowledge or workshops to develop judicial skills or computer literacy. Priorities are
those matters identified by the judiciary as needing to be addressed first in its training programme.