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. Arana also studied at Ball State University and at the Norman Manley Law School of the University of the West Indies.

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.