Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal: Immigration and Asylum Pre-Application Seminar 2025

  • 14/08/2025

Date: Tuesday 9th September 2025
Time: 17:00 – 18:00
Where: Online via Teams

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in September to recruit Fee-paid Judges of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

The seminar
The Judicial Office is organising a pre-application seminar that will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 9th September 2025 5-6pm

The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an application and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’s selection process. As well as the JAC, you will also hear from serving Tribunal Judges.

Who should attend?
Judicial office holders and practitioners from all backgrounds who have five years’ legal post-qualification experience are welcome to attend. 

Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups (women, ethnic minority candidates, disabled candidates, solicitors and chartered legal executives).

For more information on the Tribunal Judge role please visit their website.

REGISTER FOR THE SEMINAR HERE


Further information

Check out the JAC future vacancies page HERE

For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/selection exercise please contact the JAC selection exercise team at [email protected]

For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar please email [email protected]  

If you are interested in shadowing a judge, please check out the Judicial Work Shadowing Scheme.

Please note that although the Judicial Office will be running the pre-application seminar, the actual recruitment campaign is being done and led by the Judicial Appointments Commission.