Frequently asked Questions

Question # 1: What is required to be a judge?

Answer: Pass a qualifying exam, undergo an internship, participate in a competition.

Question No. 2: How many stages does the qualification examination consist of and are all stages carried out in the High Judicial Council?

Answer: The qualification exam consists of 5 stages, some of which are held in regional courts, in the testing center under the Agency for Civil Service Affairs and in the High Judicial Council. For more information follow the link.

Question No. 3: In what period are documents submitted for participation in the qualifying exam?

Answer: There are no deadlines for accepting documents for passing the qualifying exam. In this regard, candidates can send documents at any convenient time. The documents are sent to the High Judicial Council on purpose.

Question No. 4: Does the candidate provide a job description from all places of work or from the last one?

Answer: A characteristic from the last place of work is required. If a candidate for some reason cannot provide a description, then a written explanation must be provided.

Question No. 5: Is Master's and Doctoral studies in law / jurisprudence counted as legal experience?

Answer: The period of study, including master's and doctoral studies, is not counted in the legal experience.

Question 6: Does teaching in the field of law count as legal experience?

Answer: Yes, teaching in legal disciplines counts as legal experience.

Question number 1

Is the conclusion of the Commission on the Quality of Justice at the Supreme Court necessary when moving from one regional court to another?

Answer:

When transferring from one regional court to another regional court, the opinion of the Commission on the Quality of Justice is not required. The conclusion of the Quality Commission is required only for transfer to higher and managerial positions. For example, when a judge of a regional court is transferred to the position of a judge of the Supreme Court, chairman of a collegium of a regional court or chairman of a district court.

 

 Question number 2

If the current chairman of the district court is transferred to an equivalent position, is the opinion of the Commission on the Quality of Justice at the Supreme Court necessary?

Answer:

When the current chairman of the district court is transferred to an equivalent position, the passage of the opinion of the Commission on the quality of justice is required.

 

 Question number 3

If a candidate has previously participated in the position of a judge of a regional court and wants to re-participate for the same position, is it required to receive the opinion of the plenary session of the corresponding regional court again? For example, a candidate participates in the competition dated 02.11.2020 for the position of judge of the Almaty City Court. Previously, he took part in the competition dated 02.28.2020 for the same position and then received the conclusion of the Almaty City Court.

Answer:

With the repeated participation of a candidate for the position of a judge of a regional court, a repeated conclusion of the plenary session of the corresponding court is not required, since the term of validity of the conclusion is one year from the date of its holding.

If the candidate has previously participated in the competition for the position of judge of the regional court and wishes to once again participate in the competition for the same position, as well as additionally for other positions, then the plenary session must be held only at the place of work.

 

Question number 4

Where is the Council for Cooperation with Courts held by a candidate who wants to take the position of a judge of a regional court in another region? For example, a candidate located in the Zhambyl region, who wants to participate in the courts of the city of Shymkent.

Answer:

Council on interaction with courts must be held at the place of residence and work of the candidate. Passing the Council for interaction with courts in another region is not required.

 

Question number 5

In which region should the plenary session of the regional court and the Council on Cooperation with Courts for former judges and judges on parental leave be held?

Answer:

Former judges, as well as judges on parental leave, pass the plenary session of the regional court and the Council for Cooperation with Courts, only at the place of their last work as a judge or in the region in which they are judges.

 

 Question number 6

When do the documents of candidates participating in the competition for judicial positions expire? For example, if the validity of the certificate ends on 05.11.2020, and the tender was announced on 02.11.2020 with the deadline for accepting documents until 02.12.2020.

Answer:

If the document is valid at the time of the announcement of the competition, then the candidate has the right to participate in the competition.

 

Question number 7

For what period are the performance indicators provided for judges who are on parental leave?

Answer:

With the participation of a candidate who is on parental leave, the indicators of her work are provided for the last 3 years of work as a judge, that is, before she goes on parental leave.

 

Question number 8

In what cases is it not required to provide a copy of the employment record to a candidate who wants to take up a judicial position for the first time?

Answer:

A copy of the work book is not provided by a candidate whose only place of work is a law enforcement and special state body, whose records are entered only in the service record, without the establishment of a work book. If a candidate before entering such a state body worked in other places and he had a work book, then both the work book and the track record are presented.

 

Question number 9

Is it required to re-obtain the conclusions of the plenary session of the regional court and the Council for interaction with courts, if the person received them within a year?

Answer:

The terms of validity of conclusions and other documents are as follows:

1) the conclusion of the Commission on the quality of justice at the Armed Forces - 1 year;

2) characteristics at the place of work - 1 year;

3) the conclusion of the plenary session of the regional court for the position of judge of the regional court, to which the candidate applies - 1 year. (for example, if a candidate from the Mangystau region claims to be a judge of the Kyzylorda regional court, then only the conclusion of the plenary session of the Kyzylorda regional court is valid for 1 year).

The rest of the documents are updated for each competition.

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