Linguistics Programme

The EJTN Linguistics Programme is designed for the training of the EU judiciary in various legal languages across different fields of law.

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:

  • Criminal Law in English, French and Spanish

  • Civil Law in English, French and Spanish

  • Human Rights' EU Law in English, French and German

  • Family Law in English and French

  • Cross-border Organised Crime in English and French

  • Asylum and Refugees Law in English and French

  • Environmental Law in English and French

  • Cybercrime in English

Achievements

In 2021, 290 European legal practitioners from 18 EU Member States received training under the auspices of EJTN’s Linguistics Programme. In 2021, participants could choose from a wide range of linguistics seminars, some online and some it was possible to organise again in face-to-face format. The EJTN’s Linguistics Programme offered 11 seminars for judges and prosecutors and 4 Summer School seminars for trainee judges and trainee prosecutors as well as series of weekly online conversational classes in various languages.

Activities planned for 2023

Reference Topic Dates Venue
LI/2023/01 Legal language training in cooperation in civil matters 6-10 March Barcelona, Spain
LI/2023/02 Legal language training in cooperation in cybercrime 29-31 March Vilnius, Lithuania
LI/2023/03 Legal language training in cooperation in family law 19-21 April Budapest, Hungary
LI/2023/04 Legal language training in cooperation in criminal matters 22-26 May Bordeaux, France
LI/2023/05 Legal language training in cooperation in human rights’ EU law 5-9 June Kroměříž, Czech Republic
LI/2023/06 Legal language training in cooperation in civil matters 3-7 July Lublin, Poland
LI/2023/07 Legal language training in cooperation in environmental law 11-13 September Bucharest, Romania
LI/2023/08 Legal language training in cooperation in criminal matters 2-6 October Madrid, Spain
LI/2023/09 Legal language training in cooperation in asylum & refugees 25-27 October Zagreb, Croatia
LI/2023/10 Legal language training in cooperation in human rights’ EU law 6-10 November Naples, Italy
LI/2023/11 Legal language training in cooperation in cross-border organised crime 29 November – 1 December Thessaloniki, Greece
SLI/2023/01 Summer School: Legal language training in cooperation in civil matters 8-12 May Lublin, Poland
SLI/2023/02 Summer School: Legal language training in cooperation in criminal matters 19-23 June Naples, Italy
SLI/2023/03 Summer School: Legal language training in cooperation in human rights 24-28 July Naples, Italy
SLI/2023/04 Summer School in linguistics: ethics and judgecraft 28 August – 1 September Trier, Germany
FAQ

Any questions?

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

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