!!Verica Trstenjak - Curriculum Vitae
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__CURRENT POSITION:__
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*Professor for European Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, (Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien) (from 2013)
*External scientific member at Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg (from 2012)
*Interim judge (juge par intérim) of the Civil Service Tribunal of the  EU, Luxembourg (from 2013)
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__PROFESSIONAL CAREER – IMPORTANT EMPLOYMENTS:__
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*2006 –2012 Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
*2004–2006 Judge at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, Luxembourg
*2001–2003 Law Faculty, University of Maribor, Slovenia
*2000 Secretary-General of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
*1996–2000 State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia
*1994–1996 Chief of the Legal Department, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia
*1990–1993 Secretary, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
*1985–1988 Court of Appeal, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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__PROFESSIONAL CAREER - IMPORTANT ACADEMIC STEPS:__
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*2006 Full Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (venia legendi for Civil Law and European Law)\\
*2001–2006 Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (Theory of Law, Civil Law and Company Law)\\
*1996–2001 Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia
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__EDUCATION:__
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*1995 Doctor of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty
*1991 Master of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty
*1987 Bar exam (Slovenia)
*1985 Diploma, Law Faculty, University of Ljubljana
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__SPECIALIZATION AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION__ (longer than 1 month):
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*2004 Responsible for a Humboldt research project, Humboldt Foundation (Humboldt Stiftung), Max-Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany)
*1994–1995 University of Zürich, Switzerland
*1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Max Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany)
*1997 George Washington University, Law School (USA) (two weeks)
*1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 University of Vienna (Austria)
*1993 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
*1990 University of Oslo (Norway)
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__MAJOR CURRENT PROJECTS__ (selection):
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* Fondatio europaea, European Law Institute (ELI) (2013)
* CESL (Common European Sales Law): Research project No JUST/2012/EVAL/CT/0123/A4, Université de Paris I Panthéon (Sorbonne School of Law) (2013)
* B2B: The study MARKT/2012/049/E2/ST/OP The legal framework business-to-business unfair trading practices, College of Europe Brugge (2013)
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__LANGUAGES:__\\
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*Slovene (mother tongue)
*German
*English
*French
*Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
*Italian (passive)