The process to becoming a career judge involves five stages.

Jury trials are not used, although in some cases, benches may be sat by a mixed panel of lay magistrates and career judges.

Jean-Louis Debré, outside of politics, is a career judge.

During this period, the most capable trainees are "selected out" to become career judges; others may become prosecutors or private practitioners.

He was a career judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan.

Summary court judges are not career judges.

Perhaps you think it's because we're saddled with a corrupt and inefficient police force directed by politically biased career judges lacking any practical training whatsoever.

The magistrats du siège, or professional judicial career judges, are said to be inamovible, that is, they can not be transferred without their consent.

There are four types of judges in the Thai system - career judges, senior judges, associate judges and Datoh justices.

"Most of the candidates, particularly career judges, lack sufficient track records in dealing with human rights cases, while a few even have questionable records in such cases," said Agung Yudhawiranata, an analyst for the group.

By some it is regarded as a threat to judicial independence that with a view to their personal career judges might be inclined to specially regard possible political effects of their decisions or may choose to support a political party.

That was hardly surprising, since throughout his career Judge Celebrezze maintained a reputation as both an urban visionary and a hard-nosed, hardworking and honest politician whose very life seemed to epitomize a cherished American myth of triumph over poverty.