The Judicial Guide scheme plays an important part in the Targeted Outreach programme offered by the JAC.
It matches participants on the programme to a member of the courts and tribunals judiciary. Applicants are then able to receive support from their guide as they go through JAC selection exercises such as:
- online application forms
- sifting stages
- interview skills
- role plays or situational questions skills,
- interpreting feedback effectively.
Not all programme applicants are offered support from a Judicial Guide.
About Judicial Guides
All Judicial Guides are accredited following formal training. They support candidates by utilising their professional expertise and knowledge of the JAC’s selection exercise processes.
The Targeted Outreach and Research team matches Judicial Guides to candidates by reviewing a Judicial Guide’s professional experience and expertise alongside a candidate’s intended JAC selection exercise and support needs.
For any questions or if you are interested in becoming a Judicial Guide, contact targetedoutreach@judicialappointments.gov.uk.
How the scheme is run
The Judicial Guide scheme is co-badged with the Senior Judiciary and supported by the Judicial Office. It is currently supported by accredited Judicial Guides, representing both courts and tribunals.
They are experienced with the JAC selection exercise processes and can provide candidates with application support.
It focuses on supporting candidates through the stages of the JAC selection exercise process, rather than coaching, courtcraft and judgment writing offered by the Judicial Outreach Mentoring Scheme.
The Judicial Guide scheme is supported by a Director and Deputy Director of Training. On behalf of the Judiciary, part of their portfolio includes the training and development of Judicial Guides, as well as managing the effectiveness of support to the Targeted Outreach programme.
HHJ Nigel Lickley KC
Director of Training
Judge Carolyn Fyall
Deputy Director of Training
More about Nigel
HHJ Nigel Lickley KC is the Judicial Guide scheme Director of Training, a position he has held since 2021. Nigel was called to the Bar in 1983 and became a Queen’s Counsel in 2006. He was appointed as an Assistant Recorder in 1998 and became a Recorder in 2000. Nigel has been a senior circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey) since 2018. He was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018.
More about Carolyn
Judge Carolyn Fyall is the current Judicial Guide scheme Deputy Director of Training. Carolyn is a salaried Judge, sitting in the Mental Health Tribunal, Health Education and Social Care Chamber. Previously a solicitor, an academic at Northumbria University and a Mental Health Act Commissioner, she has always worked in the area of mental health law with a view to supporting the rights of detained patients.