Episode #15 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Advocate General Anthony Michael Collins in conversation with Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University). Appointed by the Member States as Advocate General to the Court of Justice in 2021, where he served in that role until 2024, Advocate General Collins’s career also includes work as a référendaire at the Court of Justice, as a judge at the General Court of the European Union, and as a Barrister-at-Law and Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland. The interview features Advocate General Collins’s incisive perspective on the broader set of legal issues and challenges facing the Court today. Learn how the General Court of the European Union is both different from and similar to the CJEU, and gain a rare inside glimpse into cases such as C-204/21, Commission v. Poland (4) and its relationship to Article 19 of the Treaty on European Union. The singular role of Advocates General at the Court is further elucidated for listeners.

About this series: UC Berkeley Law’s Borderlines podcast host, Professor Katerina Linos, and guest co-host, Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University), conduct a special interview series profiling the Judges and Advocates General serving at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg.

For a full transcript, show notes and links, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!

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Episode #14 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Judge Eugene Regan in conversation with Professor Katerina Linos. Judge Regan has served at the Court of Justice since October 2015, following a distinguished career in agricultural policy and as a Barrister in Dubin and member of the Irish Senate. In the interview, Judge Regan shares insights into the impacts of the United Kingdom’s 2020 withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”) on Europe and the Court. He also educates on differences between common and civil law approaches to jurisprudence, the CJEU process for drafting single collective rulings and paths for cases to reach the Court, and the prominent role of Judge Rapporteurs. Cases discussed cover issues of national and international resonance, including border controls, rule of law enforcement, balancing privacy rights and public security, and the role of courts in examining and regulating governmental legislation.

About this series: UC Berkeley Law’s Borderlines podcast host, Professor Katerina Linos, and guest co-host, Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University), conduct a special interview series profiling the Judges and Advocates General serving at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg.

For a full transcript, show notes and links, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!

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Episode #13 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Advocate General Juliane Kokott in conversation with Professor Katerina Linos (Berkeley Law) and Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University). Appointed to the Court of Justice in 2003 after a prolific and distinguished academic and professional career, Advocate General Kokott has delivered nearly 700 case opinions as of this episode’s publication. The interview illustrates the Court’s impactful role, covering cases on regulating EU industry with major U.S. firms, wearing religious garments in the workplace, and pregnancy rights in the case of surrogacy. Listeners will glean a better understanding of the Advocate General’s unique role at the Court, and hear Advocate General Kokott discuss the Court’s enlargement and shift away from reviewing technical matters, two important changes that have occurred in the Court during her tenure.

About this series: UC Berkeley Law’s Borderlines podcast host, Professor Katerina Linos, and guest co-host, Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University), conduct a special interview series profiling the Judges and Advocates General serving at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg.

For a full transcript, show notes and links, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.