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Jaime Arellano Quintana
Executive Director

Jaime Arellano is an attorney who holds an undergraduate degree in the legal sciences from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a master’s degree in public administration and public policy from the American University School of Public Affairs and a master’s degree in laws (LL.M.) in litigation and non-adversarial methods from Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. He was appointed JSCA’s Executive Director in 2014.

He served as Vice Minister of Justice of Chile during the presidency of Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006). During that period, he participated in legislative reform initiatives and the implementation of the oral adversarial criminal justice system. He also worked on the organization and infrastructure of the country’s prison system and on the approval of the Civil Marriage Law and introduction of the Civil Justice Reform Forum.

He was a prosecutor for Chile’s Economic Development Agency (CORFO) from 2006 to 2010. He joined the law firm of Jara & Marín as a senior partner in Chile in May 2010. He also served as an international consultant with the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB).

He has taught at Universidad de Santiago and the Chilean Judicial Academy, and currently teaches in the Oral Criminal Litigation Certificate Program offered by JSCA in collaboration with the American University Washington College of Law (AU-WCL) and Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Arellano is also a member of the faculty for the Inter-American Training Program for Civil Justice Reform; Training Program for Criminal Judges; and Criminal Litigation Skills and Training in Reform Programs in Central America, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay through JSCA.