The National School of Judges is a Legal Entity of Public Law, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice and is administered by Justices of the High Court.

The main purpose of the National School of Judges is to select, educate and train prospective judges who will be appointed to tenure-track positions as judicial functionaries to the Council of State, the Audit Council and the Civil and Criminal Courts and the regular administrative courts as well as the ongoing training of the tenured judicial functionaries.

Working for the organisation are: one Director-General, one Director of Studies, one Principal Director of Studies, 10 public servants and about 60 trainers.

The school's budget for 2000 was about 1,500 billion drachmas.

Contact:

National School of Judge
Pikrammenos Panagiotis
Director
Po Box 22
CP 55102 Thessaloniki
Tel: +30 2310 478 710
Fax: +30 2310 476 142
E-mail: info@esdi.gr
Website: http://www.esdi.gr