European Union Court of Justice Series: Interview with Judge Niilo Jääskinen

Episode #16 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Judge Niilo Jääskinen in conversation with Professor Katerina Linos (Berkeley) and Professor Mark Pollack (Temple). Judge Jääskinen first joined the Court of Justice as Advocate General from 2009 to 2015. After returning to the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland from 2015 to 2019, Judge Jääskinen was nominated and appointed as a Judge at the Court of Justice in October 2019, where he continues to serve. This interview covers many key historical and legal EU developments, including Finland’s accession to the then-European Economic Area (EEA) in 1994 and to the European Union in 1995; the rare experience of serving as both Judge and Advocate General at the CJEU; and the ongoing balancing between rights and freedoms with security, encompassing both data privacy protection and criminal jurisprudence during the evolution of the Information Age.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.