New training rooms to provide better conditions for future judges and prosecutors were inaugurated on Monday, October 15, 2018, at the National Institute of Justice.
The speeches of the special guests were followed by the inaugural ribbon cutting ceremony by Diana Scobioala, Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Martin McDowell Chargé d’affaires ad interim at U.S. Embassy in Moldova.
Those present had the opportunity, guided by the host of the event, to take a tour of the renovated rooms that were designed and reconstructed with the financial help of the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the US Embassy in the Republic of Moldova, through the UNDP project “Support to Justice Sector Reform”.
The renovated spaces will serve to run simulative activities to help NIJ trainees develop their capacity to support in a courtroom logical and coherent discourse, argue their views, formulate conclusions, and correctly use the legal language. Supplied with audio-video recording equipment, they will enhance the quality of the training program for future judges and prosecutors.
The event will be followed by the launch of a new year of studies for NIJ trainees, future judges and prosecutors who will be studying between October 2018 and April 2020.
The edifice on Serghei Lazo Street, 1, is considered an architectural monument of local significance, being designed by A.V. Sciusev and entered in the register of monuments of history and culture of Chisinau municipality. The construction of the building began in May 1914 and lasted two years. Over time, the building served as the headquarters of two schools - no. 1 for boys and no. 5 for girls, an orphanage and a block of the Agricultural Institute. Currently, here are studying candidates for the position of judge and prosecutor.
