Is the environment in which future judges and prosecutors study different from the university environment? How is the life of a trainee at the National Institute of Justice? How does a judicial training institution that prepares candidates to the positions of judge and prosecutor work? The answers to these and other questions were found by the students of the Law Faculties of the Free International University of Moldova and of the State University of Moldova, members of ELSA (European Law Students Association). The visit to the NIJ took place in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
40 future lawyers stepped on the threshold of the Institute and had the opportunity to interact with the management, trainers and NIJ graduates. They provided necessary details for those who want to become candidates to the position of judge and prosecutor, as well as the opportunities they will be able to benefit from if they study at the National Institute of Justice.
After getting familiarized with the specifics of the institution, the admission procedure, the conditions and stages of the admission contest and watching informative videos, visitors went to the most representative study rooms inside the Institute: the computer room and the simulation courtrooms.
Students also had the opportunity to "try on" the judge's and prosecutor's mantles used by NIJ trainees within the mock trials conducted during the initial training course.
The National Institute of Justice is the only judicial training institution in the country that trains future judges and prosecutors. The initial training lasts 18 months and is carried out in three semesters: semester I - development of prejudicial professional skills; semester II - development of professional skills in examining substantive cases through mock trials on specific categories of criminal and civil cases; semester III - internship in the courts, prosecutor's offices and criminal prosecution body.
