We have been very lucky to be joined by distinguished judges, lawyers and academics each year providing competitors with the benefit of their experience both during the formal and social parts of the event.
AG Eleanor Sharpston
President of CEEMC judicial panel 2009-2011
Presidents of the CEEMC panel 1994-2011European Union InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge - CELSClifford Chance solicitorsOther UK or European Union universities
Eleanor V. E. Sharpston, QC (born 1955) Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
The British Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities since January 10, 2006, Eleanor Sharpston QC studied economics, languages and law at King’s College, Cambridge (1973-77), followed by university teaching and research at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1977-80). She was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1980 and was a barrister in private practice from 1980-87 and 1990-2005 Queen's Counsel: 1999; Bencher of Middle Temple (2005). In the intervening years she worked as Legal Secretary (referendaire) in the Chambers of Advocate General, subsequently Judge, Sir Gordon Slynn later Lord Slynn of Hadley (1987-90). She was also a Lecturer in EC and comparative law (Director of European Legal Studies) at University College London (1990-92) and then a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law (1992-98), and subsequently Affiliated Lecturer (1998-2005), at the University of Cambridge. She was Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Legal Studies of the University of Cambridge (1998-2005) and remains a fellow of King’s College, Cambridge (since 1992).
