Stijn van Merm graduated cum laude in criminal law from Radboud University in Nijmegen in 2019. Additionally, he focused on administrative sanction law, which was reflected in his master’s thesis on the initiative law to ban “Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs”.
Stijn van Merm’s passion lies in criminal law advocacy. During his studies, he has already completed internships at renowned law firms, including Anker and Anker Criminal Law Attorneys. He also completed an internship at the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Combined with his work as a clerk in criminal cases at the Gelderland Court, this allows him to assess cases from a different perspective as well.
Additionally, as a working student at Dirkzwager Legal Tax, he dealt with cases concerning the closure of drug premises, as well as administrative fines and the Public Administration Probity Screening Act (Wet Bibob). There, he developed an affinity for issues where criminal law and administrative law intersect.
As a student, Stijn van Merm participated in the Summercourt talent program and won the National Student Criminal Plea Competition in 2017.
Since September 2019, Stijn van Merm has been part of the team at Weening Criminal Law Attorneys, where he was sworn in as a trainee lawyer in January 2020. He handles both criminal cases and cases in juvenile criminal law. In criminal law, he has a special affinity for terrorism cases.
Since April 2024, Stijn van Merm has held a board position at the Dutch Association of Young Criminal Law Attorneys. In 2022, this association named him the Best Young Criminal Pleader in the Netherlands.
