Th e appearance of a citizen among the magistracy of a medieval town is usually the consequence, or result, of the reputation he had already acquired being formalised through a post in the town administration. Th e assumption that the importance of a post held by a citizen is directly related to his reputation can be considered mostly true. Entry into the town administration usually began with the lowest post – that of a councillor – and, depending on the reputation, ability, and ambition of an individual, one continued as a juror, and fi nally reached the post of town judge. Analysis of the posts of judges and jurors shows that judges were elected from the ranks of those citizens who had already served as jurors, which also confi rms that the provisions of the Statute of Ilok and the town code of Buda were adhered to. Two periods in the organisation of the town administration of Gradec can be distinguished. In the fi rst period, from 1377 to 1436, the town administration was organised according to the principle of language. Th is no longer applied from 1437, and this reform also brought an end of to the practice of former judges and jurors becoming councillors again aft er the end of their mandates. Furthermore, a juror would always return to the post of juror, except if he became a judge. One cannot off er a universal answer to the question of how much time was needed for a respected and politically active citizen to become a judge because this depended on many factors, his personal ambitions and merits, but also on specifi c circumstances in a given period of time. Judicial posts were soon occupied by people who had some sort of connection with higher authorities, such as Prince Stephen of Anjou, the Counts of Celje (Cilli), Prince John Corvinus, and King Vladislaus II Jagiellon – therefore, external infl uence on the election of citizens to the post of judge was possible. However, if we take into account the whole century-and-a-half long period, such cases were exceptions and most citizens in the 15th century required around one decade to rise from councillor to judge; some needed two decades or more.