First of all, there is now the mandatory new judges training, but I think it's much more than that. When a judge gets appointed—and I'll speak about federally appointed judges because we work mostly with them—generally speaking, they are assigned a mentor in their court. When they first arrive at the court, their chief justice will give them some mentor on the court of senior judges. In my court, I know, you often get two because of the different areas of law.
The new judges school is run twice a year, fall and spring, and they attend that. After that, you're quite correct, there is nothing formalized in place for a plan of education for the judges. The recommendation of the Canadian Judicial Council for years has been that judges, in their first five years, have a plan of education. I can tell you that a proposal was made by the NJI at their last council meeting for us to incorporate personal education plans for each judge.
We'll start with the new judges as they're being appointed. Over a period of time, we hope that every judge has a plan, particularly for their first five years, that suits their needs, given the kind of practice they have, the kind of court that they're coming into, and the needs of their court.