The 'Judgment Writing’ course was held on 19-20 May 2017 at the Palace of Justice, Putrajaya. This is a new module of the inaugural through a different approach to the 'Judge Craft and Judgment Writing' course which was held previously. This course is the fifth organized by the Judicial Academy in 2017 after the courses 'Induction Programme for Judicial Commissioners' on 20-27 March 2017, ‘How to Deal with Cases Under Section 302 of the Penal Code' on 31 March-1 April 2017, 'Damages' on 7-8 April 2017 and 'Case Management in Civil Cases' on 12-13 May 2017.

This course is intended to assist participants to develop and enhance their judicial skills and techniques in relation to judgment writing. Facilitators of the course consists of 4 Federal Court Judges namely The Honourable Tan Sri Zaharah binti Ibrahim, The Honourable Dato’ 'Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi, The Honourable Dato' Wira Aziah binti Ali and The Honourable Tan Sri Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha. The course also was attended by The Right Honourable Tan Sri Dato' Seri Md Raus bin Sharif, Chief Justice, The Right Honourable Tan Sri Datuk Wira Ahmad bin Haji Maarop, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya and The Honorable Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed, the Federal Court Judge as Chairman of the Training Committee, Judicial Academy.

A total number of 23 participants attended the course which consists of 18 High Court Judges and 5 Judicial Commissioners.

The course consists of lectures from the facilitators, the case studies and workshops on quality judgment writing. The topics of lectures that have been delivered are 'Judgment Writing: Importance of Language', 'The Structure of the Judgment’ and ‘The Art of Writing Judgment'.