Webinarium nr 4:

Metaphorical expressions in the language of judicial cooperation

Termin webinarium:  

23 września 2021, godz. 13.00 – 14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link : Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Miguel Ángel Campos Pardillos, Lecturer in Legal English and Translation, Department of English, University of Alicante, Trainer in legal English for EJTN

Prowadzący: Dariusz Szawurski-Radetz (PL)

Opis szkolenia: In the vocabulary of judicial cooperation, there are frequent metaphors that conceptualize abstract notions with desirable images based on living beings and on tangible objects (especially  instruments, buildings, areas and structures), or portraying cooperation as a journey where progress is either the only acceptable option or a weapon in a fight against cross- border crime. Our presentation will offer an overview of these metaphors and the effects they produce among addressees, creating a favourable image of cooperation. Target group : Anyone interested in the topic

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• develop awareness of metaphorical expressions in judicial cooperation,
• enhance proficiency in English for judicial cooperation,
• increase ability for successful communication and persuasion in English as an international language

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Ondrej Strnad [email protected]

Webinarium nr 5:

Dealing with conflicts

Termin webinarium:  

7 października 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski,

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Miguel Ángel Radovan Dluhý-Smith, Lecturer at the Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Palacký University in the Czech Republic

Prowadzący: Eva Krejčová (CZ)

Opis szkolenia:

Presentation (30-45min) covering Definition of Conflicts; Conflict Styles, the Non-violent Communication Model, followed by discussion. Target group : Presidents of Courts, Chief Prosecutors

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Develop awareness about different ways of dealing with conflicts with reference to different types of personalities and how to handle conflict in a workplace

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Sara SIPOS [email protected]

Webinarium nr 6:

‘An overview of the Foreign Direct Investment mechanisms across the EU’

Termin webinarium:  

21 października 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski,

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Massimo Merola, Attorney at law at the Brussels and Rome Bar Associations, Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Conférencier at the University Paris II, Panthéon-Assas.

Prowadzący: Sara Lembo (IT)

Opis szkolenia:

The webinar will touch upon the regulation of Foreign Direct Investment screening in the European Union: origin, objectives, common features of most national regimes, the European coordination mechanism, scope of judicial review. Target group : Judges, prosecutors and other members of the EU judiciary

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the essential elements of the FDI legal framework
• Understand the sharing of competences between EU and national authorities and judges
• Identify the main issues that can be of relevance for the judiciary
• Anticipate possible developments in the field

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Giulia Carpentieri [email protected]

Webinarium nr 7:

‘Contract law and the impact of Covid-19’

Termin webinarium:  

4 listopada 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Roberto Natoli, Professor at the University of Palermo

Prowadzący: Marisaria Maugeri (IT)

Opis szkolenia:

The webinar will touch upon the impact of health emergency on the contractual law.

Target group : Judges, but not exclusively

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the risks posed by the pandemic on contractual relations
• Find mitigating solutions on how to deal with contracts affected by the pandemic

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Daniel Graur [email protected]

Webinarium nr 8:

‘Confirmation Bias in Criminal Trials’

Termin webinarium:  

18 listopada 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski,

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Moa Lidén, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London

Prowadzący: Mats Persson (SE)

Opis szkolenia:

The webinar will focus on confirmation bias in the trial phase, while briefly outlining the relevance of the bias also during the investigative phase. It will deal not only with different manifestations of the bias but also with potential strategies for bias mitigation, so-called debiasing techniques.

Target group : Judges and Prosecutors

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify how confirmation bias may manifest itself in criminal cases, focusing on criminal trials and judges and prosecutors’ decision making, while also understanding the importance of this bias during criminal investigations (e.g. interviews, criminal investigations, forensic analysis).
• Draw upon the explanations of confirmation bias found in e.g. cognitive and social psychological research, the webinar also offers potential bias mitigation strategies.

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Emilie Baur [email protected]

Webinarium nr 9:

‘Art. 47 of the Charter: new challenges concerning the exercise of the right to access to justice under the pandemic time’

Termin webinarium:  

2 grudnia 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski,

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Petros Alikakos, Judge, President of the Court of First Instance at Ioannina, Greece

Prowadzący: Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos (GR)

Opis szkolenia:

Τhe webinar will handle the topical issue of the restrictions to the right of access to justice under the pandemic time. It will then touch upon the most usual initiatives to tackle the above

restrictions, mainly through the use of the technology. Special attention will be given to the extent of the use of the technology in the judicial systems and the advocacy of the fundamental right of access to justice in the framework of this use. Target group : Judges and Prosecutors.

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Have a holistic approach to the restrictions of the right of access to justice under the pandemic time.
• Understand the significance of digitalization for a better access to Justice in critical times.
• Identify the risks and assumptions of digitalization regarding the fundamental right of access to justice.
• Τo envisage the future of the judicial systems with the use of IT

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Arno Vinkovic [email protected]

Webinarium nr 10:

‘Legal English in the European Union after Brexit’

Termin webinarium:  

16 grudnia 2021, godz.13.00-14.00

Język roboczy:

język angielski

Link do szkolenia:

MS Teams link: Click here to join the meeting

Wykładowca: Eva Samaniego Fernández, Lecturer in legal English and legal translation, National Distance Education University (UNED). Trainer in legal English for EJTN, ERA, Eurojust/EJN and the Spanish Council of the Judiciary

Prowadzący: Renata Vystrčilová

Opis szkolenia:

The webinar shall include the current position of English in the European Union, the sources of legal vocabulary in the European Union, ‘correct’ vs. ‘comprehensible’ legal English and current and future changes in EU legal English after Brexit

Target group : Linguists, judges, prosecutors and anyone interested

Cele szkolenia:

Upon the successful completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the role and position of English as a lingua franca in the EU;
• Recognise the different sources of legal vocabulary in English in the EU;
• Distinguish between ‘correct’ and ‘comprehensible’/‘acceptable’ legal English;
• Appraise the changes that are already taking place with legal English in the European Union after Brexit.

Koordynator szkolenia z EJTN: Ondrej Strnad [email protected]