Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is a body managing the Academy and it is made up of nine members: four members appointed by the High Judicial Council from the ranks of judges; two members appointed by the State Prosecutorial Council from the ranks of prosecutors, and three members appointed by the Government, one of whom is the state secretary in the Ministry responsible for the judiciary, in charge of professional advancement of those employed in the judiciary and one is from among the employees of the Academy.
Competences of the Judicial Academy’s Steering Committee are to:
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Pass the Statute and other acts of the Academy in keeping with the law and monitor its implementation;
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elect and relieve of duty Chairman of the Steering Committee;
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elect and relieve of duty Director of the Academy, based on previously conducted public competition no later than 30 days upon expiry of the deadline for submitting the applications for the public competition;
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elect and relieve of duty members of the Programme Council;
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monitor the principles of administrative legality of the Academy’s bodies;
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adopt the programme of the entrance exam for the initial training;
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adopt the Rulebook on the entrance exam for the initial training;
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pass the Rulebook on the final exam of the initial training;
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adopt initial training programmes and submit them to the High Judicial Council and State Prosecutorial Council for verification;
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adopt continuous training programmes, with the approval of the High Judicial Council and the State Prosecutorial Council;
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adopt training programme for judicial and prosecutorial staff, with the approval of the High Judicial Council and State Prosecutors’ Council;
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adopt a special training programme for judicial assistants and trainees, with the approval of the High Judicial Council;
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adopt a special training programme for prosecutorial assistants and trainees and submit it to the State Prosecutorial Council for verification;
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pass an entrance exam programme for judicial and prosecutorial trainees;
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adopt a training programme for mentors and lecturers;
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decide on the amount of remuneration for mentors and lecturers;
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adopt an annual report on the work of the Academy, as well as an annual statement of accounts;
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give its approval for the decision on the appointment of the members to standing commissions;
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pass its Rules of Procedure;
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adopt draft budget of the Academy;
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decide on the use of Academy’s funds, in keeping with the law;
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perform other duties in keeping with the law and the Statute.
Members of the Steering Committee 2023
1. Duško Milenković
2. Bojana Šćepanović
3. Nataša Krivokapić
4. Leonida Popović
5. Biljana Sinanović
6. Nenad Stefanović
7. Vladimir Vinš
8. Dušan Lekić
9. Kristina Petrović
Members of the Steering Committee 2022
The High Judicial Council held a session on December 2, 2021, appointed two members of the Steering Board of the Judicial Academy from the ranks of judges, Biljana Sinanović, a judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation and Leonida Popović, President of the Misdemeanor Court of Appeals at the proposal of the Association of Judges.
Members of the Steering Committee 2021
On February 4, 2021, the Government of the Republic of Serbia passed a decision on the termination of the function of the member of the Management Board of the Judicial Academy Aleksandra Đurić, and a decision on the appointment of the member of the Management Board of the Judicial Academy Vladimir Simić. of the Management Board of the Judicial Academy of Vladimir Simić
