MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

Article 3.3 of the Constitution states that Membership is open to:

"Any judicial body of or including magistrates in a Commonwealth
Country accepted by the Council as a Judicial Association may be admitted as a Member Association, and more than one such Association from the same country may, at the discretion of the Council, be admitted to membership".

Further information on subscription fees for Member Associations can be obtained by contacting: treasurer@cmja.org


ASSOCIATE & LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Associate Membership is open to any individual who is a past or present member of any level of the judiciary or has connections with the courts within the Commonwealth.

• You will receive the Commonwealth Judicial Journal twice a year. It carries articles of interest to members in their court work throughout the Commonwealth;

• You will be sent a Newsletter twice yearly. This carries both news about the Association's activities and about Members themselves;

• You can participate in Study Tours which are organised for groups to see courts, penal institutions, and other aspects of national legal systems in member countries. Recent study tours have been to Singapore (1999) and Vancouver (2000);

• You will be able to exchange views with like-minded individuals through the network of contacts the CMJA has around the Commonwealth;

• You can interact with other Associate Members on the CMJA's electronic bulletin board;

• You can attend the Major Conferences organised approximately every three years to coincide with the Association's Triennial General Assembly Meetings;

• You can find out about the Training courses organised by the CMJA on court administration, case management, human rights and sentencing which are organised periodically in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The current Judicial Education Programme also includes training on judicial ethics and family law, as well as global developments in the law;

• You can obtain copies of the Training Manual - The Magistrate in the Commonwealth, The Latimer House Guidelines (and Report on Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Independence), the Conference Report 'The role of the judiciary in developing and maintaining a Vibrant Human Rights Environment in the Commonwealth', held in Cyprus in 1998 as well as other publications of the CMJA;

• You can join the Gender/Women's Section and promote gender equality and women's right's around the Commonwealth;

• You can contribute to the work of the Association by promoting its aims in your jurisdiction.

APPLICATION FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

Annual Subscription is £28.00, 5 year Subscription £120.00, 10 year Subscription £220
or Life Membership £500.00

STANDING ORDER FORM

If you have a UK bank account, you can pay your subscription by standing order. It saves you the trouble of remembering when your subscription is due. Fill in the details below then click on 'Create Form'. This will create a printable version with all your details which you can post or fax to us.

Please direct all enquiries and send application forms to:

Secretary General
CMJA
Uganda House, 58-59 Trafalgar Sq.
LONDON WC2N 5DX, U.K.

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7 976 1007
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7 976 2394
info@cmja.org

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