testzittingen
Testzittingen are mock or pilot court hearings used primarily in Dutch legal education and judicial training. A zitting, or court session, is the formal gathering where a case is heard. Testzittingen reproduce the structure of a real hearing with the aim of training participants, testing new procedures, or piloting technologies before they are used in actual cases.
Organization and participants: they are typically organized by universities, legal training institutes, or the judiciary in
Process: a predefined case file is studied in advance. The session follows a sequence similar to real
Applications: testzittingen support legal education, the evaluation of new procedural rules, and the testing of videoconferencing,
Legal effect: the outcomes of testzittingen do not have legal binding force and do not create enforceable