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Judicial Appointments Commission assessments

United Kingdom (England and Wales) · AI rules for judicial selection

AI in JAC selection

“You must not use AI in any qualifying test, selection day or other live assessment.”

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No AI in tests or live assessments

Answer every test yourself.

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“produce responses for situational judgement, critical analysis or scenario-based assessments”

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Including situational judgement

The rule names situational judgement.

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“Do not enter any selection material into an AI tool.”

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Keep selection material out of AI

Do not paste test material into a tool.

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“You can use AI to help improve work you have already written.”

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Improving your own writing

AI may polish what you wrote.

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“Breaching our policy on artificial intelligence (AI) is treated as an integrity issue, which may result in disqualification.”

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An integrity issue

A breach can disqualify you.

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“Our assessments are designed to test your reasoning, judgement and integrity.”

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Reasoning, judgement and integrity

The test is your judgement.

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