<p>Episode #16 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/jcms/jcms/Jo1_6308/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CJEU</a> Judge <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2_5096" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Niilo Jääskinen</a> in conversation with Professor <a href="https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/katerina-linos/#tab_profile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katerina Linos</a> (Berkeley) and Professor <a href="https://sites.temple.edu/pollack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Pollack</a> (Temple). Judge Jääskinen first joined the Court of Justice as Advocate General from 2009 to 2015. After returning to the <a href="https://www.kho.fi/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Supreme Administrative Court of Finland</a> 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-<a href="https://www.efta.int/eea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Economic Area</a> (EEA) in 1994 and to the European Union in 1995; the rare experience of serving as both <a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2_5093/en/#:~:text=The%20Court%20of%20Justice%20is,to%20perform%20the%20duties%20concerned." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Judge and Advocate General at the CJEU</a>; 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.</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/episode-16-interview-with-judge-niilo-jaaskinen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visit the episode page</a> on the<u> </u>Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!</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>