Academy of Law
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The Academy of Law is a fictional place of learning appearing in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD.
The Academy of Law is where the Judges of Mega-City One are trained. Training a Judge takes fifteen long, hard years and many of the entrants to the Academy of Law never make it to the streets of Mega-City One as a full Judge. Cadets are either cloned from proven genetic stock or enter the Academy at the age of five of under. They are then expected to learn the basics of law enforcement very quickly and any failing during their rigorous training is likely to lead to expulsion. It is therefore quite some achievement for a Cadet just to reach Rookie Judge status and be given his or her half eagle and white helmet.
Cadet Judges attend regular classes on all aspects of policing and controlling a 22nd Century Megalopolis. Both practical and mental skills are vital to their progress at the Academy, so they are subjected to continual assessment by their Judge-Tutors.
The Academy of Law is a self-contained environment for prospective Judges - affording them somewhere to live, train both physically and mentally, and to be tested... up to a point. Cadet Judges do, however, have to go outside in groups for their Hotdog Run (a combat mission into the Cursed Earth radiation desert and a Cadet's first real test of their training to become Judges) and, of course, Rookie Judges must pass a "final street test" before they can graduate. Only when they have satisfied a serving Judge that they can handle themselves on the streets of Mega-City One can a Rookie leave the Academy with his or her black helmet and full eagle.