Michelle Arana

Michelle Arana (born 1969) is a Belizean judge.

Education

Michelle Arana graduated from Birmingham University with an LLM degree in Commercial Law in 2004. She was named the University of Birmingham's Alumna of the Year in 2006.[1][2] Arana also studied at Ball State University and at the Norman Manley Law School of the University of the West Indies.[3]

Birmingham University

Career

In 2006 Michelle Arana was appointed to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize. She was the Supreme Court of Belize's first female Justice. Before her appointment as a Justice, Arana was Registrar General and Registrar of the Supreme Court of Belize and Court of Appeal of Belize. In 1998 she was appointed to serve on Belize's National Women’s Commission.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Old Joe : Birmingham Alumni Magazine" (PDF). Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. "Alumna profile: Justice Michelle Arana". Birmingham.acuk. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. "Justice Michelle Arana is Special Envoy's Trailblazer of the Week - The Guardian Newspaper". Guardian.bz. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. "Old Joe : Birmingham Alumni Magazine" (PDF). Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. "Alumna profile: Justice Michelle Arana". Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. "Justice Michelle Arana is Special Envoy's Trailblazer of the Week - The Guardian Newspaper". Guardian.bz. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Kenneth Benjamin		 Chief Justice of Belize (acting)
2020-		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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