TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALISTS FOR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article is devoted to judges as a professional group. It analyzes what transformations the judicial corps has experienced in recent years and how they have affected the formation of professional subcultures of the Russian judicial system. Due to the increase in the number of the judicial corps and a significant increase in the judicial burden, the feminization of the Russian judicial corps has occurred. In addition, the main source of replenishment of judicial personnel in recent years has become the apparatus of the courts. The professional experience and personal attitudes of judges play an important role in the administration of justice. Society expects justice from the judge, especially in cases where the law gives the judge the right to make a decision based on his inner conviction. How much the court will be able to meet this expectation in the foreseeable future depends on the qualities of candidates who receive a recommendation for appointment as a judge. The authors revealed the main problematic issues related to the training and recruitment of specialists for the judicial system of the Russian Federation. The authors managed to find out that in recent years, two-thirds of candidates applying for the position of judge for the first time had previously worked in the court apparatus; the number of candidates from other professional groups is steadily decreasing. About half of the candidates started their careers in the court office, having no other professional experience after university. The most typical career of a candidate for a judge is working as a court secretary or a court session secretary, then moving to the position of an assistant judge and then to a judge. 20 % of candidates have passed this way. The Qualification Board of judges of the constituent entities of the Federation supports this trend. Among those who received a recommendation for the position of judge, the proportion of candidates from the court staff is higher than among those who submitted documents. The model of appointment of judges that has been formed to date is distinguished by the preferential selection of judges from the court staff, the predominance of general bureaucratic professional values in the characterization of candidates, the disproportionately large role of the chairman of the court in making decisions of the qualification board of judges.