Associate member
If you’re not (yet) a magistrate, but are interested in what our members do this is the option for you. As well as the benefits above, you'll also get support in your journey to becoming a magistrate.
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Why join?
We connect
We provide opportunities for members to meet, collaborate and network.
We develop
We provide tools to develop magistrates’ knowledge and skills. Our member-only learning hub, MA learn, contains more than 150 high-quality resources.
We influence
We are the only collective and independent voice of the magistracy. We advocate on behalf of our members and inform others about the vital role of the magistracy.
We inform
We are the key source of news, updates and opinions on issues relevant to the magistracy.
We support
We provide peer support when being a magistrate feels tough.
Become a member
As a member, you’ll get access to a wealth of benefits to assist you to be the best magistrate you can be, including:
- A learning hub with 150 resources
- Monthly webinars on topical issues
- A support line run by versed magistrates
- Engaging newsletters and magazines
- Events where you can meet colleagues
Our membership options
Retired member
All the relevant benefits above, plus the chance to attend our retired member-only events, shape the MA’s influencing activities, and educate others about the role of the magistracy.
Sitting member
All the benefits above, plus the opportunity to shape the MA’s influencing activities, and educate others about the vital role of the magistracy.
Subsidised member
For students and those with low incomes (based upon receipt of a defined list of means-tested benefits or proof of time-limited full-time study), you’ll access the same benefits as sitting members.
What our members say
The MA provides support and easily digestible materials that are essential to keeping my knowledge of current practice and my skills as a magistrate up-to-date.
Being a member of the MA provides great opportunities to meet other magistrates and to share experience and knowledge. I have found it very beneficial and would definitely advise all JPs to join.
I very much appreciate being an associate member of the Magistrates’ Association, particularly because becoming a magistrate can be such a lengthy process. I have found the MA’s magazine and learning hub to be invaluable resources at this stage, and I have enjoyed speaking with other new magistrates via the webinars it puts on.
Irene Findlay JP