Judicial Assistancy

The Judicial Assistancy (: Asistencía Judicial) is Ventora's top-level government agency for administering the judicial system at the national level. It provides the professional judges, procurators, and other personnel and support services to keep the wheels of justice turning. The agency has its head offices on the outskirts of the, Plenas, in the duchy of Ariva.

Although considered a -level agency, the superintendent of the Judicial Assistancy is not a member of Ventora's cabinet, the College of Commissioners. Notwithstanding, she does frequently attend cabinet meetings. The current superintendent, Teresita Pía Echevarría Amada, was appointed by regent Isidro Duarte in 2020.

Organization

 * General Council of the Judiciary
 * Secretariat
 * Directorate General for Justice
 * Directorate for Judges
 * Directorate for Assessors
 * Directorate General for Legal Affairs
 * Directorate for Procurators
 * Directorate for State Solicitors
 * Directorate General for Services
 * Directorate for Support&mdash;budget, facilities, personnel, procurement, records
 * Directorate for Consultancy
 * Ventoran Judicial Gazette (Judicial de Ventora)&mdash;legal journal
 * State Judiciary Library
 * Judiciary Institute

General Council of the Judiciary
Assignments of professional judges, except those elected to the State Supreme Court, are made by the General Council of the Judiciary (Consejo General del Poder Judicial, CGPJ). The CGPJ consists of 15 members. The president is the Chief Magistrate (Magistrado Jeffe) of the State Supreme Court. Four members are appointed by the regent with concurrence of the Grand Council of State; four members are appointed by the governor general with concurrence of the People's Assembly; and the remaining members are elected by the People's Assembly, with 3 being professional judges and three being assessors.