1The School of Magistrates provides the professional education of magistrates.

2The professional education includes the initial training of candidate magistrates and the continuous training of incumbent judges and prosecutors.

3The School of Magistrates shall admit candidates for the programme of initial training and continuous training of magistrate candidates, in the sense of paragraph 2 of this law and candidates for positions in the State Advocacy in accordance with the law "On State Advocacy".

4The School of Magistrates shall admit candidates for legal assistants, in the first year of initial and continuous training programme in the sense of paragraph 2 of this article and in accordance with the law “On the Organization of the Judicial Power in the Republic of Albania.”

5More detailed rules relating to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, in particular regarding the number of trainees per year, the training courses for those trainees and the appropriate funds that will be made available by interested institutions or donors shall be regulated by an agreement between the School of Magistrates and the institution concerned.

6The School of Magistrates, in cooperation with the High Judicial Council, the High Prosecutorial Council, Ministry of Justice, courts and other institutions shall carry out the initial and continuous training of chancellors, in accordance with the provisions of the law "On the Organization of the Judicial Power in the Republic of Albania" and the law "On the Organization and functioning of the Prosecutor's Office in the Republic of Albania”.

7The School of Magistrates, based on the obligation defined by law or at the request of interested institutions, depending on the capacity it has, the appropriate funds made available by the concerned institutions or donors, may cooperate in regard to professional training activities of judicial civil servants, civil servants of the prosecution system or other legal professions related to the justice system. The School of Magistrates, as appropriate, may conclude cooperation agreements with institutions responsible for their training.