Academy of European Law

Academy of European Law

= Academy of European Law (ERA) =

The Academy of European Law (known by the German acronym ERA for “Europäische Rechtsakademie”) is an international centre for training and debate for lawyers. A public foundation based in Trier, Germany, its objective is to promote the awareness, understanding and good practice of European law.

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Through conferences, seminars, study visits, language courses and other training projects, many of them multilingual, ERA enables legal practitioners to gain a wider and deeper knowledge of the diverse aspects of European law. Attendees at the events, taking place at the Academy’s conference centre in Trier, in Brussels and other European cities, include judges, lawyers in private practice, business and public administration, academics and others who encounter legal issues in their work. The Academy also provides a forum for the discussion of proposals and developments of legal policy at European level and thus contributes to creating a pan-European public sphere.

History

The Academy’s genesis was closely associated with the accelerating pace of European integration and the completion of the internal market. In 1990, the European Parliament recommended that the European Commission invest in a centre for the continuing education of lawyers in order to improve the consistent application of European law. In 1991 the Parliament endorsed a proposal drawn up by a number of MEPs and politicians from Luxembourg and the German Land of Rhineland-Palatinate to establish an Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany, close to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The Academy was set up in 1992 as a public foundation. The founding patrons were the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate and the City of Trier. They were soon joined by the other German Länder, the federal state of Germany and, from 2000 on, by other Member States of the European Union. Today, more than two thirds of EU Member States are patrons of the Academy.

Structure

The Academy’s training events are designed and implemented by an international team of lawyers divided into three sections: European private law, European business law, and European public and criminal law. Speakers are drawn from a Europe-wide network of experts, leading professionals and lawmakers. Besides revenue from its conferences, publications and interest on foundation capital, a significant share of the Academy’s budget is made up of support from the European Union and the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Former European Commission president Jacques Santer is the president of the Academy’s Governing Board, which is responsible for fundamental policy decisions and approval of the budget. Judge John Toulmin CMG QC, former president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), is chairman of its Board of Trustees. Klaus Heiner Lehne MEP is chairman of its Executive Board. The Academy’s director is Wolfgang Heusel.

Publications

ERA publishes the quarterly legal journal [http://www.springer.com/law/journal/12027 "ERA Forum"] in cooperation with Springer, the international academic and business publishing house. Its articles on diverse aspects of European law are based on a selection of the best presentations delivered at the Academy’s conferences and seminars.

External links

[http://www.era.int Academy of European Law]


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