1The Pedagogical Council is chaired by the Director of the School and it consists of:

afull-time teaching staff and the heading lecturers of the main subjects, of training and professional character, as determined by the Steering Council;

bone judge and one prosecutor elected as members of the Steering Council.

2The tasks and rules for the functioning of the Pedagogical Council are:

aparticipate in the preparation of the initial training schedule and the thematic program for the continuous training;

bprovide input on the drafting of the list of part-time trainers and full-time pedagogues of the School, examining every proposal that the Director submits to the Steering Council;

cexamine, after a transparent and comprehensive process, the proficiency assessment by the candidates for magistrates and the teaching staff on the work of the trainers and pedagogues and forwards the Steering Council the opinion on the continuation of their duty.

çparticipate, under this law, in the examination of disciplinary proceedings initiated against the teaching staff;

dreview, after a transparent and comprehensive process, the Director's proposal to submit to the Steering Council the names of the new pedagogues and trainers added to the academic staff of the School of Magistrates;

dhexamine and approve the recommendations of the Assembly of candidates regarding special series of lectures on specific areas of law, ethics, legal sociology and legal psychology, and develop guidelines regarding the practical activity of the candidates during their pre-professional and professional internship;

emake the final evaluation of the candidates of the initial training of the first and second academic year, on the basis of the results achieved during the bi-annual period of the theoretical year and pre-professional internship;

ë"follow up, on a regular basis, the implementation of the Steering Council decisions on the academic activity of the School. "