Part-time Judges
Bezirk Schwyz
Schwyz
Key information
- Publication date:08 July 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Schwyz
Job summary
Join the Bezirksgericht Schwyz as a part-time judge; an opportunity to serve.
Tasks
- Maintain independence and impartiality in all decisions.
- Engage with case files thoroughly before court sessions.
- Bring diverse professional insights to the judicial process.
Skills
- Candidates should possess relevant professional experience.
- Strong interpersonal and social skills required.
- Ability to approach cases with balance and objectivity.
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Profile of requirements and guidance for part-time members of the District Court of Schwyz 1. General requirements - A court member must be independent and impartial (cf. Art. 30 para. 1 BV). They must not give the appearance of bias through their behavior or statements. Judges must take care to approach their duties without overzealousness or anger. They must always maintain the necessary inner distance from the matter and the parties. Balance and objectivity are special characteristics. Judges must treat the parties with human respect and take their concerns seriously. Personality, social, and professional competence are indispensable for a judge.
- Incompatibility: Reference is made to the incompatibility provisions according to §§ 35 ff. of the Judiciary Act of November 18, 2009 (JG, SRSZ 231.110).
- Availability: In addition to long-term scheduled dates (regular court sessions), there are exceptionally also those that must be attended on relatively short notice.
- File study: Before a court session, part-time judges are also provided with sometimes extensive file dossiers. Judges must be willing to read the files in advance of the
- A mixed court composed of full-time professional lawyers and part-time (mainly) non-lawyers has the advantage over a court composed exclusively of lawyers as judges that not only legal knowledge and competence are represented in the court. Along with various biographies, professional expertise from different fields is also brought into the court. This allows the number of required expert reports to be kept lower and facilitates access to and interpretation of court files. Last but not least, one may hope that a mixed composition ensures that the judiciary retains a certain "groundedness." - To ensure these advantages over a court composed exclusively of lawyers come into effect, the election bodies or their preparatory instances are required to select personalities as judges who meet the aforementioned requirements. Furthermore, they should preferably bring professional knowledge from those areas that concern matters the court frequently deals with. These include, among others, the following professions:
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Construction professionals (engineers and architects); persons from agriculture; persons from legal, financial, accounting, and debt collection fields; persons from personnel, IT, and social professions; persons from trades; persons from healthcare (doctors, etc.). This list is not exhaustive, and persons from most other professions can also fulfill the role of a part-time judge well, provided the general requirements are met. Insufficient consideration of the most important professional groups for civil and criminal justice as well as an unbalanced representation of genders could seriously question the lay or rather specialist judiciary and the functioning of the court in the long term. 3. Time commitment
The District Court of Schwyz currently has three chambers that meet alternately. The regular court day is Wednesday. An ordinary judge must expect an average of one session per month. Sessions are either half-day or full-day. 4. Remuneration
Compensation is paid as a flat rate based on time spent with a session fee. The rates as of July 1, 2016, are: up to 2 hours: CHF 150.00 up to 3 hours: CHF 225.00 up to 4 hours: CHF 300.00 Daily compensation: CHF 450.00 File study per hour: CHF 50.00 Expense allowance of CHF 35.00 per assignment 5. Further information
Further information about the composition and jurisdiction of the District Court of Schwyz can be found on the homepage of the District of Schwyz (www.bezirk-schwyz.ch). Interested candidates can contact the court president Dr. iur. Michael Frey, Tel.: 041 819 67 68, for further information.
Schwyz, October 2020
District Court of Schwyz
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