Episode #15 of the Borderlines CJEU Series features CJEU Advocate General Anthony Michael Collins in conversation with Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University). Appointed by the Member States as Advocate General to the Court of Justice in 2021, where he served in that role until 2024, Advocate General Collins’s career also includes work as a référendaire at the Court of Justice, as a judge at the General Court of the European Union, and as a Barrister-at-Law and Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland. The interview features Advocate General Collins’s incisive perspective on the broader set of legal issues and challenges facing the Court today. Learn how the General Court of the European Union is both different from and similar to the CJEU, and gain a rare inside glimpse into cases such as C-204/21, Commission v. Poland (4) and its relationship to Article 19 of the Treaty on European Union. The singular role of Advocates General at the Court is further elucidated for listeners.
About this series: UC Berkeley Law’s Borderlines podcast host, Professor Katerina Linos, and guest co-host, Professor Mark Pollack (Temple University), conduct a special interview series profiling the Judges and Advocates General serving at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg.
For a full transcript, show notes and links, please visit the episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub. Thanks for listening!