Verica Trstenjak - Curriculum Vitae#
CURRENT POSITION:
- Professor for European Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, (Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien) (from 2013)
- External scientific member at Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg (from 2012)
- Interim judge (juge par intérim) of the Civil Service Tribunal of the EU, Luxembourg (from 2013)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER – IMPORTANT EMPLOYMENTS:
- 2006 –2012 Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
- 2004–2006 Judge at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, Luxembourg
- 2001–2003 Law Faculty, University of Maribor, Slovenia
- 2000 Secretary-General of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1996–2000 State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia
- 1994–1996 Chief of the Legal Department, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia
- 1990–1993 Secretary, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1985–1988 Court of Appeal, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PROFESSIONAL CAREER - IMPORTANT ACADEMIC STEPS:
- 2006 Full Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (venia legendi for Civil Law and European Law)
- 2001–2006 Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (Theory of Law, Civil Law and Company Law)
- 1996–2001 Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia
EDUCATION:
- 1995 Doctor of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty
- 1991 Master of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty
- 1987 Bar exam (Slovenia)
- 1985 Diploma, Law Faculty, University of Ljubljana
SPECIALIZATION AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION (longer than 1 month):
- 2004 Responsible for a Humboldt research project, Humboldt Foundation (Humboldt Stiftung), Max-Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany)
- 1994–1995 University of Zürich, Switzerland
- 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Max Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany)
- 1997 George Washington University, Law School (USA) (two weeks)
- 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 University of Vienna (Austria)
- 1993 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 1990 University of Oslo (Norway)
MAJOR CURRENT PROJECTS (selection):
- Fondatio europaea, European Law Institute (ELI) (2013)
- CESL (Common European Sales Law): Research project No JUST/2012/EVAL/CT/0123/A4, Université de Paris I Panthéon (Sorbonne School of Law) (2013)
- B2B: The study MARKT/2012/049/E2/ST/OP The legal framework business-to-business unfair trading practices, College of Europe Brugge (2013)
LANGUAGES:
- Slovene (mother tongue)
- German
- English
- French
- Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
- Italian (passive)
