ERA’s objective is to promote the understanding and best practice of EU law by providing legal practitioners from across Europe with training and a forum for discussion and exchange.
ERA works with all practitioners of law:
ERA offers conferences and courses at different levels at its centre in Trier (near the EU’s judicial capital in Luxembourg), around Europe and online:
These events take place face-to-face, online or in a hybrid format.
ERA also provides:
ERA’s training programmes cover the full range of EU law:
In 2021 ERA organised 209 training events attended by 9010 legal practitioners from 86 countries and territories. It also offered a catalogue of 630 e-presentations and numerous e-learning courses and online tools.
The participants professional backgrounds were:
(Total does not amount to 100% due to rounding)
A founding member of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), ERA was re-elected in 2022 as a member of the EJTN Steering Committee and Convenor of the Network's Working Group on Programmes. It also has strong relationships with national judicial training institutions, with several of which it has framework agreements for the joint organisation of training activities for judges and prosecutors.
ERA also partners regularly with the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), European lawyers’ association such the European Criminal Bar Association, the European Employment Lawyers’ Association and the European Young Bar Association, as well as with over 20 national Bars across Europe.
ERA was established in 1992 on the initiative of the European Parliament. The founding patrons were the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate, the City of Trier and the Friends of ERA Association. In the intervening years, all EU Member States have joined the foundation.
View a film about the origins of ERA here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNLUgYYAmU
Academy of European Law (ERA)
Metzer Allee
D-54295 Trier - Germany
Tel.: +49 651 93737-0
E-mail: info@era.int
Number of staff: 72
Legal status: ERA is a non-profit public foundation.
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The European Institute of Public Administration – EIPA Luxembourg: Training on European Union law is one of EIPA's core areas of activity. Training activities are tailored for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, public notaries and other legal practitioners, officials of the European Union and members of the national public administrations. EIPA has centres in Maastricht (Netherlands) and Luxembourg. You can find a summary of its activities here.
The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) is one of the few European-level providers of training to the judiciary and other legal professions. The majority of these training activities are developed and delivered by the Luxembourg antenna of EIPA, whereas EIPA Maastricht focuses on trainings related to effectiveness of public administration, management of public funding and, policy making and EU governance.
In addition to open enrolment training and conference activities, EIPA provides a variety of tailor made and practice-oriented training, consultancy and coaching services as well as comparative research related to EU law and judicial training in the EU Member States and countries associated with the EU (candidate countries, EFTA countries, etc.). These services are delivered under various tenders, service contracts and action grants awarded by the EU Institutions or through bilateral contracts with the national administrations.
Within the category of open enrolment activities, EIPA offers the following types of activities:
An overview of EIPA’s current open enrolment activities can be accessed here.
Within the category of contract activities, EIPA specialises in the following types of activities tailor-made in consultation with the clients to meet their specific needs:
Contact EIPA directly for a tailor-made offer via this link.
Topically, the EU law related training activities of EIPA cover EU (and EEA) institutional law, with specific focus on :
EIPA Luxembourg also specialises in training and coaching activities aiming to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and to enhance the administration and quality of justice by identifying and sharing knowledge and practical experience in areas such as:
On average, EIPA implements around 600 - 700 training activities.
In 2021, more than 12.000 participants from across Europe and beyond attended EIPA’s activities, resulting in a total of 15.000 days of training/coaching and consulting delivered.
The majority of participants come from the EU and the Member States, with a substantial share of participants attributable to the EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
EIPA is part of the European Public Administration Network (EUPAN).
EIPA has entered bilateral cooperation agreements with national judicial training institutions in a number of EU Member States and EU accession and candidate countries.
Through the years EIPA has worked, and continues to work, on a project-by-project basis with the national judicial training institutions throughout Europe as well as with European-level associations for various legal professions, e.g. the European Judicial Training Network, the Council of the Notaries of the European Union (CNUE), the European Chamber of Bailiffs (CEHJ) and the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
EIPA was founded in 1981 as a non-profit foundation providing targeted training on European Integration issues. Its aim was to address the needs of the public authorities (including the Judiciary) of the European Union's Member States and the European Institutions. Today, 22 EU Member States + Norway are members of EIPA.
In 1992, EIPA established its first antenna, the then European Centre for Judges and Lawyers, in Luxembourg, with the specific objective of providing training for the Judiciary and public as well as private practicing lawyers on the interpretation and application of Community –now, EU law.
Since 2012, EIPA’s European Centre for Judges and Lawyers follows a targeted topical approach towards its main target groups;. the judiciary, including non-magistrate staff, as well as the other legal professions. The Centres activities focus on the provision of tailored and practice oriented training programmes including consultancy and coaching. The aim is to disseminate knowledge, practical know-how and good practices as well as contributing to the mutual trust in cross-border cooperation of EU Member States confidence building.
EIPA Luxembourg – European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
8, rue Nicolas Adames
1114 Luxembourg
+352 426 230 1
info-lux@eipa.eu
Number of staff: 15
Legal status: Non-profit foundation
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The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) is the principal platform and promoter for the training and exchange of knowledge of the European judiciary.
Its members are the national judicial training institutions from all EU members states and the Academy of European Law (ERA).
Its vision is to foster mutual trust between judiciary professionals from all EU member states and to contribute to creating a common legal and judicial European culture.
EJTN provides networking opportunities for its members, observers, and partners by offering tailored training to all 400.000 judges, prosecutors, court staff, and judicial trainers in the EU. The EJTN cooperates with all other major EU-level judicial networks.
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