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:

• Albania
• Austria
• Belgium
  
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
  
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
  
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
  
• Lithuania
  
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Serbia
  
• 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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• Resources and Projects
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  • Baltic Experts in EU Law
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    • Mediation in the EU: Language, Law and Practice
    • Archive
      • Better Applying the EU Regulations on Family and Succession Law
      • Civil Justice Instruments (Visegrad)
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  • Competition Law
    • Antitrust enforcement in digital markets: training for national judges
    • Competition Economics for Judges
    • The changing role of the national judge in EU state aid cases
    • Training for National Judges in EU Competition Law
    • Archive
      • Antitrust Law for National Judges
  • Court Coordinators
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  • Criminal Justice
    • Applying Procedural Rights in the EU
    • Basic Computer Forensics Skills
    • Countering Terrorism and Radicalisation in Prisons
    • Countering Trafficking in Human Beings (THB)
    • Court Staff Criminal Law
    • Court staff and bailiffs’ training in European civil and criminal law
    • Detention, Alternatives, Mutual Trust and Mutual Legal Assistance
    • Detention and MLA
    • #Digitalisation and #AI 2024-2027
    • European Criminal Law for Defence Lawyers
    • Electronic evidence
      • E-evidence for EU legal practitioners 2021-2022
    • Handbooks for trainers
      • Training on procedural rights in EU criminal law
      • Training on social rehabilitation and reintegration of sentenced persons in the EU
    • Post-Covid Challenges in Criminal Justice
    • Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
    • European Public Prosecutor’s Office
    • Archive
      • CJEU and Criminal Justice
        • CJEU and Criminal Justice 2013-2014
        • CJEU and Criminal Justice 2015
      • Cybercrime
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        • Defence Counsel 2013-2014
        • Defence Counsel 2015
      • Online Investigations 2015-2017
      • Detention
        • Detention Conditions 2013-2014
        • Detention Conditions 2014-2015
        • Detention Conditions 2016-2017
        • Detention: Cooperation between judiciary and NPMs
      • Drugs Supply Reduction
      • Investigating and prosecuting PIF offences in cooperation with the EPPO
      • Economic & Financial Crime
      • Electronic evidence
        • Applying the European Investigation Order
        • Investigating Web 2.0 (2018-2019)
        • The life cycle of the electronic evidence in criminal proceedings (2017-2018)
        • Electronic evidence in criminal procedures 2013-2014
      • Procedural safeguards in the EU (2016-2018)
      • Trafficking in Human Beings
        • Trafficking in Human Beings 2014-2015
        • Trafficking in Human Beings 2017-2018
      • Victims of Crime
  • Environmental Law
    • Environmental Law for National Judges
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  • Equality and Discrimination
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  • Young European Lawyers Project
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• About ERA
  • The Foundation
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  • Publications
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      • Journal of the Academy of European Law
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      • Public and Criminal Law
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    • Study on Judicial Training in the EU Member States
    • Study on judges' training needs in the field of European competition law
  • Target groups
    • In-house counsel
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  • Annual Report
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