Judge David Edward, Former Member of the European Court of Justice, Speaks to Graduate Students

Judge David Edward, a member of the European Court of Justice from 1992-2004, spoke to my "European Union Law & Policy" course this week.

The regular students in the course were joined by a number of LLM program students to learn about the European Union from someone who has been described as "one of the most influential judges ever in the European Court of Justice."

This week's visit to DU was Judge Edward's third visit to the law school. He also made visits in 2005 and 2007. It was, as it has always been, an enormous pleasure to host Judge Edward during his visit to Denver.

I have known Judge Edward for five years, although I first heard him speak in 1999. As an LLM student at the University of Leicester (England) Faculty of Law, I was among a group of students who took a "field" trip to Brussels and Luxembourg. While in Luxembourg, Judge Edward spoke to us.

In 2004, after having discovered Judge Edward had retired from the Court of Justice, I contacted him about meeting in the UK. We were able to set a time and date, and since then we have seen each other numerous occassions. A key aspect of our friendship has been based on the "Judge David Edward Oral History Project" that we have worked together on since 2005.

Judge Edward told me he very much enjoyed meeting all of the DU students, including the graduate students. It was a memorable class for all of us.