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13 ERA F. 1 (2012-2013)

handle is hein.journals/erafrum13 and id is 1 raw text is: ERA Forum (2012) 13:1-9 DOI 10.1007/s12027-012-0257-9 E PI1 OR IAL| Judicial training in the EU: a study for the European Parliament John Coughlan EUROPADSCHE RECHTEMAOAEMAE :AAEMY OF EUROPAN LAW © ERA 2012 TRIER -TREYEM TREIal Abstract A detailed study prepared for the European Parliament by ERA and EJTN in 2011 reveals how well judges, prosecutors and court staff in the EU Member States know and make use of European law in their daily practice and analyses both the shortcomings and examples of best practice in the provision of judicial training, with a focus on training in European law. Keywords Judiciary - Judicial training - European Union - EU law - Study 1 Aims and content of the study In the course of 2011, the Academy of European Law (ERA), with the support of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), produced a major study for the Eu- ropean Parliament on the state of judicial training in the European Union at both European and national levels.1 The study focused on training in EU law but also analysed other aspects, such as the conditions under which training is provided, the methodologies used and the target groups addressed. 1Judicial Training in the European Union Member States, John Coughlan, Jaroslav Opravil and Wolf- gang Heusel, published by the European Parliament, October 2011 (www.europarl.europa.eu/delegations/ en/studiesdownload.htmllanguageDocument=EN&file=60091). J. Coughlan, Deputy Director, Director of Communications (C) Academy of European Law, Metzer Allee 4, 54295 Trier, Germany e-mail: jeoughlan@era.int _ Springer