Politics

"The scholarship made it easier for my parents to accept my application to become a judge."

Melanie Barba finished second in her class to qualify for the public prosecutor exam and in a few weeks will begin her internship in Madrid, where she is completing her training. Early next year, she will be a public prosecutor and will return to Catalonia to practice. Judge Isabel Olmos, born in Barcelona, issued her first ruling in a court in Sant Boi de Llobregat and has been serving in the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court for about two months. Both have in common that they prepared for the exam with the help of a scholarship from the Generalitat (Catalan government), which, after more than a decade, The inactive exams resumed in 2022. This Tuesday, the call opens again for those who want to prepare to become a judge, prosecutor, or legal representative in the administration of justice.

Melanie Barba finished second in her class to qualify for the public prosecutor exam and in a few weeks will begin her internship in Madrid, where she is completing her training. Early next year, she will be a public prosecutor and will return to Catalonia to practice. Judge Isabel Olmos, born in Barcelona, issued her first ruling in a court in Sant Boi de Llobregat and has been serving in the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court for about two months.

Both have in common that they prepared for the exam with the help of a scholarship from the Generalitat (Catalan government), which, after more than a decade, The inactive exams resumed in 2022. This Tuesday, the call opens again for those who want to prepare to become a judge, prosecutor, or legal representative in the administration of justice..