Welcome to ERA – Academy of European Law

The Academy of European Law is a public foundation.
Its patrons have each made a fixed capital contribution and most are represented on the Governing Board of the Academy.

The patrons of ERA are:

• Austria
• Belgium
  
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
  
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
  
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
  
• Lithuania
  
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• United Kingdom

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• Scotland
• The 16 German Federal States

• City of Trier

• Sparkasse Trier Bank

Civil servants, public prosecutors and judges from the Academy's patrons enjoy a discount on participation in ERA activities. ERA often organises courses and conferences for its patrons, both in Trier and across Europe.

Other European states and regions are eligible to join the foundation.

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      • Civil Justice Instruments (Visegrad)
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  • Competition Law
    • Antitrust enforcement in digital markets: training for national judges
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      • Antitrust Law for National Judges
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    • Applying Procedural Rights in the EU – State of play
    • Basic Computer Forensics Skills for EU Legal Practitioners 2019-2020
    • Countering Terrorism and Radicalisation in Prisons
    • Detention: Cooperation between judiciary and NPMs
    • Electronic Evidence
      • Investigating Web 2.0 (2018-2019)
      • The life cycle of the electronic evidence in criminal proceedings (2017-2018)
    • Handbooks for trainers
      • Training on procedural rights in EU criminal law
      • Training on social rehabilitation and reintegration of sentenced persons in the EU
    • Investigating and prosecuting PIF offences in cooperation with the EPPO
    • Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
    • Archive
      • CJEU and Criminal Justice 2013-2014
      • CJEU and Criminal Justice 2015
      • Cybercrime
      • Defence Counsel 2013-2014
      • Defence Counsel 2015
      • Detention Conditions 2013-2014
      • Detention Conditions 2014-2015
      • Detention Conditions 2016-2017
      • Drugs Supply Reduction
      • Economic & Financial Crime
      • Electronic evidence in criminal procedures 2013-2014
      • Online Investigations 2015-2017
      • Procedural safeguards in the EU (2016-2018)
      • Trafficking in Human Beings 2014-2015
      • Trafficking in Human Beings 2017-2018
      • Victims of Crime
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• About ERA
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    • Study on judges' training needs in the field of European competition law
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