1The Director of the School of Magistrates has the following tasks

arepresent the School of Magistrates in relations with third parties;

bin cooperation with the Pedagogical Council, draft and propose the Internal Regulation of the School, the annual work plan as well as amendments to them;

cperform tasks deriving from laws and from decisions of the Steering Council, and cooperate with the institutions he/she reports to, in accordance with this law;

çseek funds from the state, donations from other lawful sources and administers the income in an independent manner, according to main directions set out by the Steering Council, in compliance with the requirements stipulated in Article 249 of this law;

dtakes measures for the publication of scientific articles and textbooks;

dhlead the teaching staff, coordinate the work, lead the work for the preparation of training schedule and training programs for each subject, proposing them to the Steering Council for approval as well as monitors the implementation and the teaching quality;

epropose the candidates for part-time pedagogues and the trainers for the continuous training program to the Steering Council, according to the criteria set forth in this law;

ëcooperate with courts, prosecution offices and institutions of the justice system in order to assess the continuous training needs, and ensure the progress of the continuous training program for judges, prosecutors, state advocates, judicial civil servants and other professions, as appropriate.

2The Director of the School in cooperation with the Pedagogical Council shall propose to the Steering Council, the appointment or dismissal from duty of the teaching staff and the chancellor. The dismissal from duty of the full-time and part-time teaching staff is made only after the submission of the reasoned proposal of the Disciplinary Commission and after obtaining the opinion of the Pedagogical Council of the School. The evaluation of candidate magistrates for the teaching staff shall accompany this process.

3The Director shall appoint or dismiss the employees of the administrative staff of the school, whose employment relationship is governed by the provisions of the Labour Code.

4The Chancellor of the School shall, under the authority of the Director, carry out the financial-administrative activity of the institution.