The European Court of Justice is recruiting lawyer-linguists

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg is looking for highly qualified Danish, Greek, French, Croatian and Polish language lawyer-linguists (grade AD 7).  The Court of Justice is responsible for ensuring that the EU law is interpreted and applied in the same way in each Member State and that all Member States and EU institutions abide by it.

As a lawyer-linguist, you will translate complex legal texts, such as judgments of the Court of Justice and General Court, opinions of the Advocates General and written pleadings from at least two official EU languages into your main language. Working at the heart of EU justice, you will play a key role in providing legal analysis in cooperation with the Registries and other departments of the Court of Justice.

To apply, you must have a level of education corresponding to completed university studies in Danish, Greek/Cypriot, French/Belgian/Luxembourgish, Croatian or Polish law. Additionally, you must be an EU citizen with excellent knowledge of at least 3 EU languages: perfect knowledge of Language 1 (language of the competition), Language 2 (thorough knowledge of French) and Language 3 (thorough knowledge of one of the 24 official EU languages). Please note if your Language 1 is French, you need a thorough knowledge of Dutch, German, Finish, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish as Language 2.

For detailed information on the qualifications and language requirements, the selection procedure and how to apply, please visit lawyer-linguists.eu-careers.eu. You can find out more about EPSO’s equal opportunities policy on our dedicated page.

The application period opens on 5 March and the deadline is 7 April 2020 at 12.00 (midday), Brussels time.

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