Maja Brkan
Expert on European Union law and Judge at the General Court of the European Union (Luxembourg)
About me
I am a Judge at the General Court of the European Union and endowed professor of Digitalisation and EU Law at the Maastricht University. Prior to my judicial appointment, I was an Associate Professor of European Union Law at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University (The Netherlands), where I taught various courses on EU law and conducted research in the field of EU law. After obtaining my doctoral degree at the Faculty of Law of University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), I worked for several years as a legal advisor at the Court of Justice of the EU. In July 2021, I returned to the General court of the EU as a judge. The focus of my current research is the interplay between EU fundamental rights and technology. I have been interested in European law from my student years and have received the award ‘Young Lawyer of the Year’ from the Association of Lawyers of Slovenia in 2007. I am fluent in Slovenian, English, French, German, Dutch and Croatian.
Career path
2023 –
Endowed professor of Digitalisation and EU Law, Maastricht University
2021 –
Judge, General Court of the EU
2013 – 2021
Assistant and later Associate Professor of EU Law, Maastricht University
2017 – 2020
Assistant Director, Center for European Law, Maastricht University
2007 – 2013
Legal advisor (référendaire), Court of Justice of the EU
2007
Award 'Young lawyer of the year'
2007
PhD in Law, University of Ljubljana
2004
Diploma of the Academy of European Law, European University Institute
2004
LL.M., New York University
2003
