The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament in Brussels are looking to recruit lawyer-linguists with the following main languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Irish or German.
The work of a lawyer-linguist is complex and demanding, both in terms of quality, quantity and deadlines. You will be in contact with the different actors of the legislative process, for example Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Commission departments and representatives of the Member States' governments.
Working for the Council or the European Parliament you will play a key role in the legislative procedure, giving advice on legal drafting and checking legislative texts in your main language for both linguistic and legal consistency with other language versions. You will need to revise complex legal texts in your main language drafted in at least two official EU languages and give advice on legal drafting. You may also be required occasionally to translate short legal texts, particularly from English or French.
To join us, you will need a suitable law degree in your main language (please also check the notice of competition, in particular applicants with Irish main language), which you speak to mother tongue level and a thorough knowledge of two additional official EU languages.
For more information on the role of the lawyer linguist at the European Parliament click here.
To apply for the role of Irish Language Lawyer Linguist click here.
Deadline: 10 December, 12 pm (Brussels time).