The Association’s goals are: - to unite the judges in Bulgaria in order to assist the protection of their professional, intellectual, social and material interests; - to stimulate the consolidation of the professional and social authority of the Bulgarian Courts; - to stimulate the improvement of the professional qualification of judges and assist their professional performance; - to support the development and the enforcement of draft law projects, related to the effective functioning of the Judiciary; - to co-operate with the Ministry of Justice and other governmental bodies in the implementation of new methods and means of mastering judicial effort; - to maintain relations with similar international organisations, as well as with other international governmental or non-governmental bodies, organisations and institutions; - to research and support historically determined legal and judicial traditions in the Republic of Bulgaria.