Salaried Judge of the First-tier Tribunal: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber Pre-Application Seminar 2026
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in January to recruit Fee-paid Judges of the First-tier Tribunal. This seminar is focussed on the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.
To attend this event, please register at the bottom of this page.
There will be another pre-application seminar for this recruitment exercise focussing on the Social Entitlement Chamber on Wednesday 7th January which you can register for here.
The seminar
The Judicial Office is organising a pre-application seminar that will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 8th January 2026 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 President of the HESC Chamber, leadership judges and current salaried tribunal judges.
Who should attend?
Applications are invited from solicitors qualified in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, barristers in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, advocates in Scotland, and Fellows of the Chartered institute of Legal Executives. Candidates must have five years post-qualification legal experience and are expected to have at least 30 sitting days as a judge or in a quasi-judicial capacity.
For more information on the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber please visit Health, Education and Social Care Chamber - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Further information
Check out the JAC future vacancies page.
For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/selection exercise please contact the JAC selection exercise team sjftt296@judicialappointments.gov.uk
For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar please email JudicialHROutreachEvents@judiciary.uk
Sign up for an alert about this recruitment exercise.
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.
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