dr. Zsófia Lele

Zsófia is administrative law judge and the Vice-President of the Administrative and Labour Court of Szeged. She is an active member of the Network of European Union Legal Advisors to help judges obtain detailed information about CJCE decisions and the correct application of European law. She obtained a degree in law at the University of Szeged and at the Paris Nanterre University. She holds a special interest in the Court communication to strengthen the trust and the respect of the public in the judiciary.

Iveta Jaudzema

Iveta works as an International Cooperation Specialist at the Division of Communication of the Supreme Court of Latvia. In this capacity, her mission encompasses organization of visits and interaction with international colleagues, introducing interested people with the history and development of the Latvian judicial system by leading guided tours in the Court’s museum, contributing to development of Supreme Court’s webpage, as well as other necessary activities for ensuring effective communication both at the Court and with the society.

dr. Osztovits András

Dr. András Osztovits (PhD, dr. habil.) is judge at the Hungarian Supreme Court (Kúria). He holds different research and teaching positions at the Károli University in Budapest. He made researches in Heidelberg and Vienna. He has more than 100 publications in Hungarian and in English. He is the editor of three Hungarian periodicals, and edited the Handbook on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Currently he works as director of the Hungarian Academy of Justice. His main research interests are civil law, EU law, insolvency law, international civil procedure law.

John Coughlan

John is Deputy Director of the Academy of European Law (ERA) and Director of Communications. As a member of the management board, he heads a diverse team using modern communication tools to work with ERA’s target audience of judges and legal practitioners. Having studied literature and political science, he came to ERA from a public relations background, which he has now been applying to the judiciary and legal professions for 15 years.

Edina Kriskó PhD

Communication Expert, Trainer, Mediator, Social Responsibility Manager. She is Assistant Professor at the National University of Public Service, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies. She graduated in Public Relations and International Communication at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Szeged, then she defended her PhD – about the press communication of the Hungarian Police – at the University of Pécs in the Communication Doctoral Program (2013). She gained her educational experience at the Dennis Gabor Applied University (2006–2009), at the Budapest Business School, Faculty of International Business (2010–2014) and the National University of Public Service (2012-). She regularly leads leadership and competence development trainings and workshops. She conducts her research in the field of organizational communication, communication in law enforcement, social media as well as crisis communication.

William Valasidis

William Valasidis is the Director of Communications of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Previously he has held the position of Director of Protocol and Information of the CJEU and  he served as référendaire in the Chambers of the President of the CJEU, Prof. Dr. Vassilios Skouris (1999-2014) and in the Chambers of the Judge Krateros Ioannou (1998-1999). Mr. Valasidis holds a Degree in Law summa cum laude from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki School of Law and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Harvard Law School.

dr. Balázs Rozsnyai

Balázs Rozsnyai is a judge, who has been adjudicating criminal matters at the District Court of Hajdúböszörmény since 2008. He is member of the European Law Consultant Network and the Cybercrime Network of the Hungarian judiciary, while - on regional court level - he is also active in the Open Court Program of the National Office for the Judiciary, as well as responsible for the international relations of the Regional Court of Debrecen.