Table 14 – THEMIS <strong>2012</strong> CalendarHOST EVENT DATEThe Thuringian State Parliament,GermanyNational Institute of Magistracy,RomaniaEcole Nationale de la Magistrature,FranceSemi-final A 14–18 /05/ <strong>2012</strong>Semi-final B 18–22 /06/<strong>2012</strong>Grand Final 29/10–02/11/<strong>2012</strong>Table 15 – THEMIS <strong>2012</strong> – Experts TableMr. João Manuel DaSilva MiguelMr. David DicksonMr. Meelis EerikMr. John EdwardsMr. JoachimEttenhoferMrs. Joana FerreiraJudge Victor HallMr. John Hardy QCDr. Inga KacevskaMgr. Petr KlementMr. Lauris LiepaMr. José Luis Lopes DaMotaDr. Manuel MirandaEstrampesMr. Koenraad MoensMr. Rimvydas NorkusMr. Killian O’BrienMr. Michael VrtekPresident of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) at the Councilof Europe. National Member at Eurojust.Prosecutor, Head of Extradition, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service,Edinburgh, National Expert on Mutual Cooperation and Human Rights, Contact Pointfor European Judicial Network and Joint Investigation Teams. Post Graduate Lecturer,University of Edinburgh.Judge, Head of the Courthouse (Harju County Court) and President of theEstonian Association of Judges , Estonia, Member of the High Judicial Council andrepresentative at the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE).Judge of the High Court, Dublin, Ireland.Senior Prosecutor, Office of the Prosecutor General Munich, Germany.Public Prosecutor, Prosecutor General’s Office, Lisbon, Portugal.Judge, United Kingdom.Barrister, Queen’s Counsel and Recorder of the Crown Court, London, England.Assistant Professor, University of Latvia, specialising in commercial, civil andprocedure law, international trade, Latvia.Prosecutor, Head-Department of Outer Relations and Protocol, Supreme PublicProsecutor’s Office, Czech Republic.Lecturer, expert in the field of Ethics and Deontology, Latvia.Deputy Prosecutor General at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon, Former National Memberof Eurojust for Portugal, Former President and Vice President of Eurojust, Expert ininternational cooperation in criminal matters and EU criminal law, Portugal.Prosecutor, Prosecution Office Madrid, Spain.Judge, assistant to the First Present, Court of Appeal, Brussels, Belgium.Judge of Civil case division of Appeal Court of Lithuania. Doctor of law in MykolasRomeris University, Lithuania.Course Director at the European Public Law Section, Academy of European Law, Trier,Germany.Judge of Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic.30
Linguistics ProjectLanguage training on the vocabulary of judicial cooperation in criminal mattersThe multi-year linguistics project Languagetraining on the vocabulary of judicialcooperation in criminal matters, launchedin 2010 and further developed over 2011,successfully concluded in <strong>2012</strong>.There were visible languageskills improvements, andmost importantly, participantsthemselves were conscious of theirown progress as the week advanced,boosting their morale.Of the seven foreseen seminars, threewere executed in 2011 and the remainingfour were executed in <strong>2012</strong>. Each seminarconsisted of a five-day, face-to-face trainingcourse, combining both theoreticaland practical sessions of the four basiclanguage skills: reading, writing, speakingand listening within the applicable legalterminology. An exceptional trainingexperience was ensured by combiningan interactive, small-group methodologywith the participation of tutors, a linguisticexpert and a legal expert.Group photo Rome June, <strong>2012</strong>31