Diversity statistics for two of the most popular selection exercises for fee paid roles run by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) last year are among a six month set of statistics published today.

Date: 09 February 2010

Fee paid positions are often seen as the first rung on the judicial 'career' ladder, where lawyers stay in their main jobs, and work as a judge for between 15 and 30 days a year.

982 lawyers applied for 128 posts as fee paid Recorders on the South East Circuit and 624 lawyers applied for 36 posts as fee paid Employment Tribunal Judges.

The full press release is available on the right hand of this screen.

The Official Statistics are available here.