Justice Academy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Justice Academy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (JAK) in the "Gustav-Heinemann-Haus" in Recklinghausen is the central training facility of the Justice Administration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .
The establishment of a central training center for the North Rhine-Westphalia judiciary was included in the state government's “Ruhr Action Program” in 1979 at the instigation of the then Minister of Justice Inge Donepp. In the same year, the decision to locate the site was made in favor of the state-owned property on "Fritzberg" in Recklinghausen. In the realization competition held in 1981, 192 architects requested the competition documents and 80 works were submitted. The jury, chaired by Prof. Josef Paul Kleihues, awarded the prize to the architect Jörg Friedrich.
On April 14, 1988, in the presence of Prime Minister Johannes Rau, the Justice Academy NRW "Gustav-Heinemann-Haus" was opened by the then Justice Minister Dr. Rolf Krumsiek opens. In the same year the JAK was able to celebrate the architecture prize of the city of Recklinghausen.
Around 19,730 employees from the judiciary of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia were guests at the Justice Academy NRW in 2018. A total of 1147 seminars, workshops, conferences and service meetings took place there in 2018 alone. The Justice Academy aligns its offerings to meet needs. To do this, it asks all of its affiliated courts and authorities about the need . Registration for advanced training events takes place via the respective authority management. As a rule, the free spaces are divided according to a fixed key. In addition, there is a remaining space exchange available to state employees. The Justice Academy is also responsible for the conception and organization of the meetings of the German Judges Academy to be hosted by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .
At the Justizakademie NRW the documentation and research center " Justice and National Socialism" has existed since 1988 . As a link between historical research and legal practice, it promotes contemporary historical research, not only on the role of the judiciary under National Socialism, but also on the development of the judiciary after 1945. She is a competent contact for scholars who want to conduct research in the field of judicial history but also the colleagues who work in practice for independent scientific work and supports this in a variety of ways. Since 2002, the Documentation and Research Center has presented a traveling exhibition that has already been shown successfully in many locations in North Rhine-Westphalia and has also been received with great public interest. In 2015 a new permanent exhibition was opened in the Justice Academy in Recklinghausen and the traveling exhibition was completely redesigned. In September 2016, it was shown for the first time at the 71st German Lawyers' Conference in Essen.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 50 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 59.2 ″ E