Küllike Jürimäe
Estonian lawyer and judge
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Küllike Jürimäe (born 1962) is an Estonian jurist and a current judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Küllike Jürimäe | |
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| Judge at the General Court of the European Union | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
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| Citizenship | Estonia |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu |
Early life and education
In 1981 Jürimäe entered law school at the University of Tartu, from where she graduated in 1986.[1]
Career
Following her graduation, Jürimäe entered the public administration and became an assistant to the Public Prosecutor of Tallinn from 1986 until 1991.[2] From 1991 onwards she followed up on her studies at the Estonian school of diplomacy from where she obtained her diploma in 1992.[2] Besides, she was a legal adviser from 1991 and a general counsellor from 1992, both at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Estland. She became a Judge at the Court of Appeal of Tallinn in 1993, a post she held until 2004.[3] Between 2002 and 2003 she followed up on her studies at the Universities of Padua and Nottingham and graduated with a European master's degree in Democratization and Human Rights.[4]
On 12 May 2004 Jürimäe became a Judge at the General Court of the European Union,[5] from where she resigned on 23 October 2013.[6] On 1 April 2015, she was one of the six newly nominated judges at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg for a six-year term beginning on 7 October 2015.[7] In 2021, she was re-appointed for another term until 2027.[8]