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Johannes Riedel LL.M.
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Education
- 1967–1971
Bonn University, first state exam in law 1971 - 1972
Research assistant at Bochum University - 1972–1973
Postgraduate studies at London University; LL.M. - 1973–1976
Practical legal training (Referendar) in Bonn - 1976
Second state exam in law
Professional History
- 1976–1983
Judge at the provincial court in Bonn; work in civil cases and in the court administration - 1983–1986
Member of the state Office for Law Exams at the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia - 1986–1994
Judge at the Court of Appeals in Cologne; work in civil cases and in the court administration - 1994–1996
Vice-president (deputy chief justice) at the regional court of Cologne - 1996–2000
Deputy Head of the Department for Legal Education and of the Office for Law Exams at the Ministry of Justice, Dusseldorf - 2000–2005
Head of the office and department mentioned above - 2005–2014
President (chief justice) of the Court of Appeals in Cologne; Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia - 2011–2015
German member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe - 2014–Today
Member and Chairperson of the Expert Commission on Medical Malpractice, Chamber of Medicine, North Rhine, Dusseldorf
International Expert’s Involvement
- 1992
Conference on Legal Education in London - 1996
Conference on Human Rights for Russian Judges in Moscow (OSCE) - 1996–2005
Various seminars for German law trainees (Referendare) in Paris, introduction to French Law and legal practice - 2000–2005
Expert in the working group on quality of the judiciary of CEPEJ (Council of Europe) - 1996–Today
Various seminars in Cologne with visiting judges from East European countries, among those in 2011 with judges from Ukraine (Council of Europe)
Languages
German, English, (basic) French
Publications
A complete listing of Johannes Riedel's publications can be found here.
