In a significant step to strengthen the state’s judicial system, the Odisha Cabinet has approved amendments to the Odisha Superior Judicial Service and the Odisha Judicial Service Rules, 2007.
The reforms introduce a structured one-year Law Clerkship programme for trainee judicial officers alongside institutional training, aiming to make the service more contemporary, competent and accessible.
Under the revised rules, newly recruited trainee judicial officers will first undergo one year of institutional training, followed by one year of systematic Law Clerkship. This dual arrangement is designed to give young officers hands-on exposure to administrative and judicial processes, sharpen professional skills and better prepare them for the demands of the bench.
The amendments have been brought in accordance with directions of the Supreme Court..
