Judges' Book Club

📚 The 111th session of the Judges’ Book Club is happening on Friday, 1st August 2025!

We’ll be diving into Dale Carnegie’s timeless classic “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”—a powerful guide on personal resilience and practical wisdom.

🗣️ Discussion will be led by Mr. Tempa Dorji, Court Registrar, Enforcement Unit, Thimphu Dzongkhag Court.

Interested in joining us virtually? Drop us a message and we’ll send you the Google Meet link!

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute
Judges' Book Club

4 July 2025: 110th Session of the Judges’ Book Club

The 110th session of the Judges’ Book Club was held today at the BNLI Conference Hall, featuring a thought-provoking review of “Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They’ve Ever Made” by Russell Canan, Gregory Mize, and Frederick Weisberg.
The session was led by Group 7 of the Judicial Mentorship Program (JMP) as part of their mentoring activity. Through a structured SWOT analysis, the group identified communication and public speaking as areas for growth. It utilized this platform to enhance those skills through meaningful discussion, judicial reflection, and peer learning.

Justices of the Supreme Court and High Court, judges and court registrars of the Thimphu, and Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag Courts joined the session in person, while others participated virtually. The event exemplified the spirit of collective learning, professional dialogue, and continuous development within the judiciary.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute
Judges' Book Club

📖 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬' 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

Today, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠, Court Registrar of the 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐃𝐑 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞, led a thought-provoking discussion on “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑?” by 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐉. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥.

The session sparked meaningful conversations on how meritocracy shapes our society—and the unintended consequences it may bring. A timely reminder to reflect on justice, equality, and the role of humility in public life.

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𝟏𝟎𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬' 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

Join us on 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 as 𝐌𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫 of the Bhutan ADR Centre, will lead the discussion on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑? by Michael J. Sandel. A timely read that challenges us to rethink fairness and success in society.
If you wish to join the session virtually, please let us know and we will share the Google Meet link with you.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute
Judges' Book Club

Today, we hosted the 108th session of the Judges' Book Club with an insightful discussion led by Mr. Ashis Gurung, the Court Registrar of the Enforcement Unit of the High Court. We delved into the thought-provoking book “Problem Solving: Best Strategies to Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Positive Thinking” by Thomas Richards. A session full of engaging ideas on how to enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills. Grateful for the enriching exchange of knowledge and perspectives! 📚💡

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

📚 Judges' Book Club – 108th Session 📚

Join us for an insightful discussion on the book "Problem Solving: Best Strategies to Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Positive Thinking" by Thomas Richards! 🌟

In this session, we'll explore strategies for enhancing decision-making, critical thinking, and fostering a positive mindset— skills essential for both personal and professional growth. 🧠✨

We're excited to have Mr. Ashis Gurung, the Court Registrar of the Enforcement Unit of the High Court, leading the review and discussion of this thought-provoking topic.

🗓️ Date: 27th February 2025

If you wish to join the session, let us know, and we’ll send the Google Meet link directly to your inbox. 📩

We look forward to a lively, engaging conversation and hope you'll join us for this enriching session!

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

Today’s session, which is the 107th session of the Judges’ Book Club, featured an insightful presentation by Pasang Wangmo, Court Registrar of the Punakha Dzongkhag Court. The discussion focused on the fascinating 8th Century Sendha Gyap Dispute, where Guru Padmasambhava’s journey to Bhutan in 746 AD restored the life power (Sog) of the local ruler and facilitated a truce between Sendha Gyap and King Noachhe (Nabudara). A thought-provoking exploration of history, law, and mediation.

Today, December 27, 2024, Kiptchu Tshering, the Court Registrar of Sarpang Dzongkhag Court, led a lively discussion on Gideon’s Trumpet by Anthony Lewis during the 106th session of the Judges' Book Club. The session focused on the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and sparked thoughtful conversations about important topics like the right to legal counsel and the pursuit of justice.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

Save the Date!
Join us for the 106th session of the Judges' Book Club on December 27, 2024! We are excited to announce that Kiptchu Tshering, the Court Registrar of the Sarpang Dzongkhag Court, will be leading a discussion on Gideon’s Trumpet by Anthony Lewis. This insightful book explores the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and delves into critical themes such as the right to counsel and justice.
If you wish to participate in the session, please inform us, and we will provide you with the Google Meet link directly.

Thank you, and we anticipate your involvement.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

Today, on November 29, 2024, Karma Samten Dorji, Court Registrar of the Phuentsholing Dungkhag Court, reviewed and discussed Franz Kafka's thought-provoking novel, The Trial, during our 105th session of the Judges' Book Club. A compelling exploration of justice, identity, and bureaucracy, this session sparked deep reflections on the connection between law and literature.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

Save the Date!

Please join us for the 105th session of the Judges' Book Club on November 29, 2024! We are delighted to announce that Karma Samten Dorji, the Court Registrar of the Phuentsholing Dungkhag Court, will be leading a discussion on Franz Kafka's The Trial. This thought-provoking book delves into themes of law, justice, and the complexities of the human experience.
If you wish to join the session, let us know, and we’ll send the Google Meet link directly to your inbox.

Thank you, and we look forward to your participation.

༄། །འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཁྲིམས་དོན་གཙུག་སྡེ། Bhutan National Legal Institute

Today, the Bhutan National Legal Institute hosted the 104th session of the Judges' Book Club on the topic: “Judicial System and Reforms in Singapore: Lessons for Bhutan.” Drangpon Pema Needup, Director General of BNLI, presented an overview of Singapore's judicial system and its functioning. He also highlighted the reform strategies initiated by the Singapore Judiciary. The session aimed to create awareness among the judiciary and explore lessons that Bhutan's Judiciary could draw from Singapore's best practices and rich experience.