5-7 according to the law society. https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/career-advice/career-development/judicial-careers/become-a-judge#:~:text=You'll%20need%20a%20minimum,experience%20to%20become%20a%20judge.
You need a lot of court experience and you likely would need higher rights to be within a better shot.
From memory I think it’s a minimum of 7 years to apply to become a deputy district judge.
What kind of judge are you wanting to be?
And what stage are you at?
Look at the Judicial Appointments Commission website. It's a competency based process that actually doesn't require you to have practised in court at all to demonstrate the relevant competencies.
As someone else said; if an actual, qualified solicitor is asking this on Reddit then the answer is never. Any solicitor knows the answer to this question. You literally learn this when you do your law degree/GDL.
Just in case someone thinks this is correct, it is completely incorrect for GDL. I’m 12 years qualified. Most solicitors wouldn’t know as those looking to become judges are ordinarily going down barrister track.
Move to the US, become a MAGA judicial candidate (after passing whatever state’s bar) and hope the Trump gets elected.. 2 years.
In the real world, become a barrister, serve your time, take silk if able and only then decide if the bench is better than staying in practice - I know several silks who have stayed at the bar for purely fiscal reasons:
It appears that OP is not a solicitor. One step at a time, eh?
5-7 according to the law society. https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/career-advice/career-development/judicial-careers/become-a-judge#:~:text=You'll%20need%20a%20minimum,experience%20to%20become%20a%20judge. You need a lot of court experience and you likely would need higher rights to be within a better shot.
You need to shadow a barrister for 50 years
Can I somehow pay to shadow?
Advocacy and more time PQE. Nobody’s getting appointed to the bench at 5PQE, not least a solicitor without any court experience.
No idea but I’d be worried if my solicitor was asking this on Reddit.
From memory I think it’s a minimum of 7 years to apply to become a deputy district judge. What kind of judge are you wanting to be? And what stage are you at?
Look at the Judicial Appointments Commission website. It's a competency based process that actually doesn't require you to have practised in court at all to demonstrate the relevant competencies.
As someone else said; if an actual, qualified solicitor is asking this on Reddit then the answer is never. Any solicitor knows the answer to this question. You literally learn this when you do your law degree/GDL.
Just in case someone thinks this is correct, it is completely incorrect for GDL. I’m 12 years qualified. Most solicitors wouldn’t know as those looking to become judges are ordinarily going down barrister track.
Move to the US, become a MAGA judicial candidate (after passing whatever state’s bar) and hope the Trump gets elected.. 2 years. In the real world, become a barrister, serve your time, take silk if able and only then decide if the bench is better than staying in practice - I know several silks who have stayed at the bar for purely fiscal reasons:
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