<p>Episode #17 of the <a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-miller-institute-for-global-challenges-and-law/cjeu-profiles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borderlines CJEU Series</a> features <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CJEU</a> Advocate General <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2_5096/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Laila Medina</a> interviewed by Professor <a href="https://sites.temple.edu/pollack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Pollack</a> (Temple University). Before her appointment to the European Union Court of Justice in 2021, Advocate General Medina served in multifaceted academic and government roles and represented <a href="https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries/latvia_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Latvia</a> at the EU, OECD, and UN levels. In this interview, she discusses Latvia’s journey to join the EU in 2004, writing opinions for the Court to provoke debate and innovate, and her commitment to judicial independence and the value of oral hearings for discovering new perspectives. The podcast reviews Advocate General Medina’s opinions in complex cases concerning COVID-related package travel disputes, data privacy, fundamental rights, EU citizenship, free movement, and environmental access-to-justice, and concludes with thoughts on the Court’s role as a locus for legal inspiration worldwide.</p><br><p>About this series: UC Berkeley Law’s <a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-series/borderlines/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borderlines</a> podcast host, Professor <a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/katerina-linos/#tab_profile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katerina Linos</a>, and guest co-host, Professor <a href="https://sites.temple.edu/pollack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Pollack</a> (Temple University), conduct a <a href="https://verfassungsblog.de/interviewing-eu-judges/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">special interview series profiling the Judges and Advocates General</a> serving at the <a href="https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/institutions-and-bodies/search-all-eu-institutions-and-bodies/court-justice-european-union-cjeu_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Court of Justice of the European Union</a> (CJEU) in Luxembourg.</p><br><p>For a full transcript, show notes and links, please <a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-episode/european-union-court-of-justice-series-interview-with-advocate-general-laila-medina/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visit the episode page</a> on the<u> </u>Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>