The state government has amended judicial service rules to include a one-year clerkship programme for newly recruited trainee officers.
The Odisha Cabinet has approved amendments to the Odisha Superior Judicial Service and the Odisha Judicial Service Rules, 2007, according to Pragativadi.
The reforms introduce a structured one-year Law Clerkship programme for trainee judicial officers to be conducted alongside institutional training.
Under the new rules, newly recruited trainee officers will complete one year of institutional training and then undergo one year of systematic Law Clerkship.
This programme aims to provide young officers with practical exposure to judicial and administrative processes to improve their professional skills and preparation for the bench.
The amendments were brought in accordance with directions from the Supreme Court to make the service more competent and accessible.
