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It is known that high-ranking judges, including the chief of the court and the chief judge of the high court, continue to express their appreciation ahead of the court’s regular greeting in the new month. In summary, it is known that there are 20 chief judges and chief judges of the high court who expressed their appreciation to the Supreme Court. Last year, the number of retirees (three court chiefs, five senior judges and senior judges) increased significantly. There are also observations that the number of high-ranking judges who thought about whether or not to resign would have been more than this if the cases of changing their minds without paying resignation were added. A high court chief judge said, “It is unusual for the chief judges to go out in large numbers ahead of their regular greetings,” and said, “The’working environment’ has become worse than before, and the predictability of the appearance of the court chief has decreased.” In the past, about 7 to 8 years after becoming the Chief Justice of the High Law, he was routinely appointed as the chief of the courts at each level. However, the situation has changed when Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo introduced a recommendation system for candidates for the court chief in 2019. Since the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court elects one of the 1-3 candidates directly recommended by the court judges, the guarantee that they can become the Chief Justice has also decreased. This system was expanded to five district courts, including Seoul Rehabilitation, Seoul South, Seoul North, Busan, and Gwangju this year. It is said that the government’s tightening of restrictions on the appointment of lawyers has also accelerated the resignation of high court judges. According to the current barrister law, lawyers from judges and prosecutors cannot take over a case for one year after retirement in cases handled by institutions that have worked for one year before retirement. However, if the amendment to the Lawyer Act announced by the Ministry of Justice in November of last year is enforced, lawyers who were former prosecutors, the chief of the court, or the chief judge of the high court cannot take office in the case of an institution that worked for three years before retirement for three years after retirement. Another high law chief judge interpreted, “The chief judges who were contemplating death may have decided that taking off their legal uniforms before the enforcement of the amendment to the Lawyers Act was advantageous for taking the case.” There is also an opinion that the changed organizational culture may have had an effect. As the Supreme Court confirms that there are errors in the law and logic of the judgment of the first and second trials, major cases are concentrated in the high law that makes the final sentencing judgment following the first trial, which leads to a high psychological burden, but a high-ranking judge This is because the authority and courtesy of Korea are gradually decreasing. According to the results of the judicial administrative advisory meeting, the Supreme Court will not provide a dedicated car to the high court chief judge who is in charge of judicial affairs from the regular greeting in February this year. Also, in the case of the consensus department, it is known that there is not a small difference in generation and opinion between the chief judge and the judges. “There are fewer places to stand and nowhere to go, but there is no reason to hold back the resignation.” It is said that the recruitment strategy of law firms in the manner of “the future is not bright” caused a stir among judges. If the departure of judges accelerates in the long term, a series of shortages of supply and demand are inevitable. One high court chief judge said, “The more urgent problem than the departure of the chief judges is that the timbers of high chief judges that will lead major trials will disappear.” said. By Jo Yoon-young, staff reporter