WILLEMSTAD – Three Caribbean law students have begun an internship at the Joint Court of Justice as part of the Caribbean Summer Court, a three-week program designed to introduce talented students from the islands to careers within the Caribbean justice system.
During the internship, the students will gain practical exposure to administrative, civil and criminal law. This year, for the first time, the criminal law component also includes an internship with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The program is aimed at high-performing law students who grew up in the Caribbean. One of its main objectives is to encourage Caribbean legal professionals to return to the region after completing their studies and consider careers as judges, court clerks or prosecutors.
This year’s participants are Glámour Martis of Leiden University, Kayla Cratz of the University of Curaçao and Ranjeli Juliana of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
On their first day, the three students were officially sworn in as court clerks by Joint Court Vice President Maroeska Scholte.
Over the next three weeks, they will become acquainted with different areas of the judicial system and gain first-hand experience of the work carried out by the Court and, for the criminal law component, the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
At the conclusion of the Caribbean Summer Court, each student will receive a certificate of participation.