# Competences — supreme court judge

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/353c19d6-62d6-4dfc-85e9-f59d219d457c).

## Essential

- **civil law** (knowledge)
- **civil process order** (knowledge)
- **correctional procedures** (knowledge)
- **court procedures** (knowledge)
- **criminal law** (knowledge)
- **guide jury activities** (skill/competence)
- **hear legal arguments** (skill/competence)
- **hear witness accounts** (skill/competence)
- **interpret law** (skill/competence)
- **legal terminology** (knowledge)
- **maintain court order** (skill/competence)
- **make legal decisions** (skill/competence)
- **observe confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **show impartiality** (skill/competence)
- **supervise court hearings** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on legal decisions (skill/competence)
- analyse legal evidence (skill/competence)
- apply knowledge of human behaviour (skill/competence)
- communicate with jury (skill/competence)
- compile legal documents (skill/competence)
- criminology (knowledge)
- ensure sentence execution (skill/competence)
- law enforcement (knowledge)
- law of non-marital cohabitation (knowledge)
- legal case management (knowledge)
- legal research (knowledge)
- present arguments persuasively (skill/competence)
- present legal arguments (skill/competence)
- supervise legal case procedures (skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (skill/competence)