Multilateral Exchange of Lawyers

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Objectives - To set up the first European training exchange scheme for lawyers, which aims to mirror the scheme used by EJTN for the exchange of judges and prosecutors. - To enhance European lawyers’ practical knowledge of other legal systems in Europe through direct contacts, increase in knowledge and sharing of experiences with their counterparts in 7 EU Member States. - To contribute to the development of a European judicial culture based on mutual trust between lawyers. - To help the EU to obtain its proposed objective of enabling half of the legal practitioners in the EU to participate in European judicial training activities by 2020. - To turn this project into the basis for a future large-scale scheme of exchange of lawyers. Activities - Exchange of 75 lawyers from the partner institutions for a period of 2 weeks. - Direct coordination between the main body responsible for the exchanges (European Lawyers Foundation) and the partner institutions. - Direct contact between the national contact point, the lawyer participating in the exchange and the supervisor of the host institution. Type and number of persons benefiting from the project - This project is targeted at lawyers as the largest category of EU legal practitioners by number. - The 75 participants in the exchange will be young lawyers with up to 5 years of professional experience. - Host institutions will benefit from the work and networking opportunities offered by the incoming lawyers. Expected results - To have 75 lawyers from 7 countries trained in host institutions abroad. - To make sure that participants will have a fruitful exchange where they can learn about other Member States’ legal systems. - To favour the creation of a network of lawyers and law firms from 7 different countries. Type and number of outputs to be produced - Exchange of 75 lawyers between partner countries. - Reports linked to the project (lawyers and supervisors’ evaluation reports and reports addressed to DG Justice)