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Psychologists to test potential judges By Tomer Zarchin The Judicial Appointments Committee Sunday accepted a precedent-setting decision whereby judicial candidates will be interviewed by psychologists, and a psychologist will accompany them during the candidates course at the Institute for Judicial Supplementary Training. The decision regards lawyers who are candidates for judicial appointments. The committee had suggested similar proposals in the past, but they failed to obtain a majority. Advertisement The decision was a compromise between the judges' representatives on the committee - who felt that having a psychologist accompany candidates during the course would be sufficient - and the other committee members, including MK Gilad Erdan and Attorney Yuri Guy-Ron, the head of the Israel Bar Association. The latter felt the candidates should undergo professional personality tests. As published in Haaretz last month, most of the lawyers who attend the course - which is meant to ascertain whether they are suited to hold a judicial position - are disqualified by the Institute for Judicial Supplementary Training, which runs the course. Until now, of the 21 candidates participating in every course, only 4 to 11 were recommended for a judicial appointment. But even some of the candidates who passed this stage of the process were found unsuitable by the Judicial Appointments Committee. According to MK Orit Noked (Labor), who is a member of the latter committee, in some cases there were substantial gaps between the committee's impression of the candidates and the Institute for Judicial Supplementary Training's recommendations. She said the committee needed a professional index to assist it in its selections. "Judges are appointed until they retire at age 70, and therefore, maximum information about them is required. Psychological accompaniment and an interview with a psychologist will provide us with better tools to make the selection," she said. In addition, the committee Sunday rejected the Shin Bet General Security Service's request to raise the security clearance level of judiciary candidates. The decision was intended primarily to prevent embittering Arab candidates. Bookmark to del.icio.us   A few good celebs Some of Hollywood's top guns congratulate Israel in a clip played in Times Square. Chosen, shmosen 'Religion is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions,' wrote Albert Einstein.

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