Linguistics Programme

EJTN’s linguistics seminars train EU justice professionals in legal English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. The main goal of the seminars is to help participants improve their legal and language skills, to facilitate cross-border judicial cooperation and to support a common European legal culture.

What is it?

The EJTN Linguistics Programme is designed for the training of the EU judiciary in legal English, French, German and in Spanish, across different fields of law, and thus creating the conditions for direct contacts among legal practitioners of the different Member States in order to promote a common European legal culture.

Many legal language seminars are organised each year as part of this programme, which began in 2011 in various EU countries.

Aim

What’s the objective?

The Linguistics Programme’s seminars aim at developing both the linguistics and legal skills of EU judges and prosecutors.

The courses are intended to familiarise participants with the various legal instruments in the different fields addressed and provide them with specific terminology. The trainings adopt an interactive, small-group methodology and feature the participation of tutors, a linguistic expert and a legal expert, working in a tandem.

Key Topics

The legal language trainings focus on developing the linguistics skills of the participants in the following topics:

Activities planned for 2024

Reference Topics Dates Venue
LI/2024/01 Legal language training in cooperation in civil matters 04 – 08 March 2024 Barcelona, Spain
LI/2024/16 English course for Leaders Part 1 05 – 06 March 2024 Düsseldorf, Germany
LI/2024/02 Legal language training in cooperation in cybercrime 08 – 10 April 2024 Trier, Germany
LI/2024/03 Legal language training in cooperation in family law 24 – 26 April 2024 Vilnius, Lithuania
LI/2024/04 Legal language training in cooperation in criminal matters 13 – 17 May 2024 Bordeaux, France
SLI/2024/01 Summer school in linguistics in human rights 27 – 31 May 2024 Rome, Italy
LI/2024/05 Legal language training in cooperation in human rights 03 – 07 June 2024 Kroměříž, Czech Republic
LI/2024/06 Legal language training in cooperation in civil matters 01 – 05 July 2024 Lublin, Poland
SLI/2024/02 Summer school in linguistics in criminal matters 22 – 26 July 2024 Krakow, Poland
SLI/2024/03 Summer school in linguistics in civil matters 26 – 30 August 2024 Budapest, Hungary
LICON/2024/01 Linguistics conference train the trainers 05 – 06 September 2024 Bucharest, Romania
LI/2024/07 Legal language training in cooperation in human rights 23 – 27 September 2024 Zadar, Croatia
LI/2024/08 Legal language training in cross-border organised crime 14 – 16 October 2024 Ljubljana, Slovenia
LI/2024/09 Legal language training in cooperation in criminal matters 21 – 25 October 2024 Budapest, Hungary
LI/2024/10 Legal language training in environmental law 04 – 06 November 2024 Madrid, Spain
LI/2024/11 Legal language training in asylum and refugees 27 – 29 November 2024 Balaton, Hungary

Any questions?

For any queries concerning the Linguistics programme, please contact Ondrej Strnad at the EJTN Secretariat: ondrej.strnad@ejtn.eu.

For any queries concerning the Summer Schools, please contact Brandi Brown-Moreau at the EJTN Secretariat: brandi.brown-moreau@ejtn.eu