The European Commission has announced, on the European Training Platform (ETP), the launch of forty training e-capsules devoted to EU law, civil law, criminal law and fundamental rights. The modules are publicly available as of now, free of charge and in all official languages of the Union, allowing every justice professional to train in his or her own language.
Designed in a short and highly practical format, the e-capsules address very specific and immediate challenges that practitioners face in their daily work. The approach is needs-oriented and focused on problem-solving, with each capsule providing knowledge that can be applied directly in practice. The topics range from areas of EU law under rapid and constant development to the digitalization of justice and the use of artificial intelligence. Several capsules are also devoted to the development of cross-cutting professional skills, such as judicial conduct, resilience, unconscious bias, courtroom management and foreign legal language.
For judicial officers and enforcement agents, whose activity increasingly takes place within a European and digital framework, this initiative comes at the right moment. It offers a flexible, targeted and accessible continuous training tool, which usefully complements existing national arrangements and contributes to a better integration of EU law into the daily practice of the profession.
The full list of the forty topics can be consulted on the European Training Platform at the following address: https://european-training-platform.e-justice.europa.eu/search-training-materials/e-capsules-training-eu-law-justice-professionals. The modules themselves are available via the EU Academy: https://academy.europa.eu/local/euacademy/pages/course/community-overview.php?title=training-on-eu-law-for-justice-professionals. Further information can be found in the “What’s new” section of the Platform: https://european-training-platform.e-justice.europa.eu/about-platform#whats-new.
The UIHJ invites all its members to discover these new resources, to integrate them into their training programs and to disseminate them widely within their national organizations.
