CALL FOR ERASMUS WORK PLACEMENT
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Dr Janja Hojnik from University of Maribor, Slovenia, is accepting post-graduate students under the
Erasmus work placement programme for traineeships – opportunity to get experience in teaching
and research. Emphasis is given on teaching our students foreign legal terminology – French,
English, German and other important foreign languages (Russian, Spanish, Italian). A person with
good knowledge of French would be needed since September 2015, for English since February
2016, other languages when possible. Those interested in research work should have preference
for EU law.
Application process: apply on janja.hojnik@um.si; candidates should have approval for the
placement from their home university under the Erasmus programme; date of commencement and
length of the work placement are flexible.
Dr Janja HOJNIK is Associate Law Professor of the University of Maribor, Faculty of Law. Vice-dean
for research and international relations (2015-2019). Teaching and researching in the field of EU Law.
She has written widely on various EU economic law issues. She is a Member of national and
international research projects, acted as a speaker at numerous law conferences and seminars in
Slovenia and abroad. Holder of two Jean Monnet projects of the European Commission. Visiting
lecturer at University of Ljubljana, Institut d'etudes politiques (Paris), Charles University (Prague),
Kingston University (London), Luxembourg University, Karel Franzens University (Graz, AUT), Central
European University (Budapes), Edinburgh Napier University etc. Coaching teams for the EU Law
Moot Court Competition, organiser of the negotiations competition for Slovenian law students.
Recipient of the Slovenian Law Societies’ Association award for the most out-standing achievement
in the field of law among young lawyers in 2010, of four awards for 10 most influential lawyers in
Slovenia in 2011-2014 according to an open internet poll performed by IUS Software d.d., as well as
of the Centre for International Legal Studies (Salzburg) award for achievements in the field of legal
research and writing (2013). She is a member of the Slovenian EU Law Society, fellow of the
European Law Institute (ELI, Vienna), member of the Academic Association for Contemporary
European Studies (UACES, London) and an honorary member of the Romanian Association of Law
and European Affairs (Bucharest). She is a member of a group of authors preparing a commentary on
the Treaty on Functioning of the EU for Springer Publishing (eds. Blanke/Mangiameli), responsible for
provisions on free movement of goods; in 2014-15 she was a member of a group of legal experts
appointed by the Slovenian government to advise the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on implementation
of the ECtHR judgment in the case of former Ljubljanska banka depositors; since August 2015 she is a
member of the strategic group "Future Champions Group", appointed by the Slovenian Government
to prepare a development strategy for Slovenia 2050. Coordinator of the EU Commission's project
"Central European Law Conference for Students (Maribor, 2016)".
Faculty of Law in Maribor is a member of University of Maribor, which is the second biggest and the
second oldest university in Slovenia. Around 18 000 students study at the University of Maribor. It
has seventeen faculties which offer undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes.
Internationalization plays an important role; the University encourages student and staff mobility
and active participation in international associations, networks and projects, and at the same time it
promotes and protects Slovenian language, national identity, heritage and culture. The University
aims to promote partnerships with businesses, governmental and non-governmental and other
institutions in society to enrich university teaching, research and creative activity; prepare educated,
engaged citizens; strengthen democratic and ethical values, and civic responsibility; address critical
societal issues; respect ecological and environmental issues; promote sustainability in development;
and contribute to the public good. The city of Maribor lies in the heart of Europe, offering a good
point to explore Central as well as South East Europe.
-Dr Janja Hojnik
Izredna profesorica prava/
Associate Law Professor
Prodekanica za raziskovalno dejavnost in mednarodne odnose/
Vice-Dean for research and international relations
Pravna fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru/
Faculty of Law University of Maribor
Mladinska 9
2000 Maribor
Slovenija
tel: 0038641751237
e-mail: janja.hojnik@um.si