The Legal Training Centre has developed and and public defenders concluded five Magistrates courses of two years and encourages the (a) It continue to conduct, duration and is about to initiate the sixth. Legal Training Centre on a regular to continue with its education and training There are: Magistrates and for, among others, Private Lawyers 34 Judges (12 currently undergoing compulsory judges, prosecutors, courses. The Working probationary period); defenders, court clerks, Group hopes that private lawyers, legal 30 Public Defenders (10 currently undergoing regular Legal Tetum translators and police compulsory probationary period); classes will also be officers; provided. 33 Prosecutors (11 currently undergoing compulsory probationary period); (b) Its curriculum be There are a total of 97 Magistrates in Timor-Leste developed to ensure that Until 2011 there were a total of 37 Magistrates : international laws and 13 Prosecutors standards, particularly relating to enforced 13 Judges disappearances, are 11 Public Defenders enhanced; There has not been any new training for legal (c) The training provided translators. take into account the various official, working and spoken languages in Since 2010, 3 courses for Private Lawyers were organized by the LTC resulting in graduation of 72 fully trained Lawyers. The 4th course is currently taking place and is being attended by 28 Lawyers. The average duration of each course is 2 years. Trainees are taught in Portuguese and they attend intensive language training during the duration of their course. The initial training is of 40h per week and at a later stage of the course it is slightly reduced and they are taught technical legal Portuguese. Some Legal Tetum classes were also provided but not with
(a) It continue to conduct, on a regular education and training for, among others, judges, prosecutors, defenders, court clerks, private lawyers, legal translators and police officers; (b) Its curriculum be developed to ensure that international laws and standards, particularly relating to enforced disappearances, are enhanced; (c) The training provided take into account the various official, working and spoken languages in The Legal Training Centre has developed and concluded five Magistrates courses of two years duration and is about to initiate the sixth. There are: 34 Judges (12 currently undergoing compulsory probationary period); 30 Public Defenders (10 currently undergoing compulsory probationary period); 33 Prosecutors (11 currently undergoing compulsory probationary period); There are a total of 97 Magistrates in Timor-Leste Until 2011 there were a total of 37 Magistrates : 13 Prosecutors 13 Judges 11 Public Defenders There has not been any new training for legal translators. Since 2010, 3 courses for Private Lawyers were organized by the LTC resulting in graduation of 72 fully trained Lawyers. The 4th course is currently taking place and is being attended by 28 Lawyers. The average duration of each course is 2 years. Trainees are taught in Portuguese and they attend intensive language training during the duration of their course. The initial training is of 40h per week and at a later stage of the course it is slightly reduced and they are taught technical legal Portuguese. Some Legal Tetum classes were also provided but not with and public defenders and encourages the Legal Training Centre to continue with its Magistrates and Private Lawyers courses. The Working Group hopes that regular Legal Tetum classes will also be provided.