BELIZE-Belize courts to launch criminal law practitioners program.

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman says the Criminal Law Practitioners Program (CLPP), a landmark professional development initiative of the Judicial Education Institute (JEI) of the Senior Courts of Belize, will officially launch on Friday.

The program is being implemented with financial support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) under the European Union-funded Partnership of the Caribbean and European Union on Justice (PACE Justice) program.

The CLPP is a specialized training program designed to strengthen professional capacity across Belize’s criminal justice system. Bringing together members of the Judiciary, legal practitioners, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and other justice-sector professionals, the program will provide participants with practical training in criminal law and procedure, evidence, advocacy, case preparation, ethics, and professional responsibility.

Through a combination of substantive instruction and skills-based learning, the program seeks to promote professional excellence, strengthen collaboration among justice-sector stakeholders, and support the fair and effective administration of justice.

This initiative forms part of the Senior Courts of Belize’s Strategic Plan. It reflects the Judiciary’s ongoing commitment to building a modern, responsive, and accessible justice system while enhancing public confidence in the criminal justice system.