The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the functioning of the public sector and state authorities, including the judiciary of the Republic of Slovenia. This thesis describes the impact of the COVID-19 on the District Court in Ljubljana and its consequences for the entire judicial system. The purpose of the thesis is to present the impact of COVID-19 on the operation of the Slovenian judiciary, to illustrate the positive consequences (court informatization) and negative consequences (lack of employees) caused by COVID-19, and to propose improvements and solutions in the case of a potential recurrence of an extraordinary situation. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the judicial system and employees at the District Court in Ljubljana and to highlight the most important changes in Slovenian judiciary that began with the outbreak of the COVID-19. Exploration and writing the thesis is based on secondary data analysis and internal data from the District Court in Ljubljana. A descriptive method and a synthesis method have also been used to formulate key findings and answers to research questions. Based on the findings of the thesis, it can be concluded that COVID-19 had an impact on the entire public sector and its functioning. The findings indicate that improvements in the digitalization of the justice system are necessary, as well as greater emphasis on training of employees to enable them to keep up with new digital solutions. On these findings, the tesis suggests measures for improvement in the event of future exceptional conditions. The changes that the judiciary faced at the beginning of the COVID-19 highlighted both the advantages and disadvantages in the judiciary of the Republic of Slovenia. COVID-19 was a challenge, but at the same time an opportunity for improvement in the way of working.
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