Legal secretaries at the General Court of the European Union

The General Court of the European Union (‘the General Court’) is launching a permanent call for applications in order to establish a database containing a number of applications, which may be consulted when a need arises for the recruitment of legal secretaries as temporary staff or auxiliary contract staff for the Members of the General Court.

Working closely with and under the supervision of judges, legal secretaries will be responsible for preparing documents relating to the judicial handling of cases in which those judges act as rapporteur or assessor.

The duties to be performed shall require in particular:

• full legal education as evidenced by a university degree in law;
• thorough knowledge of European Union law, in particular in one or more of the areas covered by the General Court’s jurisdiction, as well as a good knowledge of procedural rules and adversarial techniques;
• good analytical and summarising skills when faced with complex legal questions;
• ability to draft legal texts in French (a minimum level of 1 in French is required);
• satisfactory command of IT tools and legal databases;
• good ability to communicate with interlocutors from diverse legal backgrounds, as well as a cultural and linguistic openness.

Without being necessary, the following will be an advantage for the employment in question:

• professional experience in a similar role in a court or in a law firm, a governmental entity, or an institution or body of the European Union;
• good knowledge of other official languages of the European Union.

The role of legal secretary requires a high degree of availability, a genuine ability to work in a team as well as a high degree of responsibility, rigour, organisation and discretion.

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