Do you have what it takes?
To apply for the Lawyer-linguists competition (AD7), you must meet the following requirements:
- Be an EU national and enjoy the full rights of an EU citizen.
Have knowledge of at least three official EU languages, as indicated in the table below.
For ease of reference, the required languages will be referred to as ‘language 1’, language 2’, and ‘language 3’.
| Competition | Language 1 (competition language) C2 – native speaker level | Language 2 C1 level | Language 3 C1 level |
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – BG | Bulgarian | French | One of the following: English, German, Italian, Polish, or Spanish
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| EPSO/AD/431/26 – EL | Greek | ||
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – GA | Irish | ||
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – MT | Maltese | ||
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – NL | Dutch | ||
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – RO | Romanian | ||
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – DE | German | One of the following: Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Polish, or Spanish | |
| EPSO/AD/431/26 – ES | Spanish | One of the following: English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, or Portuguese |
- You must also have completed university studies in law. Specific conditions apply to each competition. You can find detailed information on the required educational qualifications in the Notice of Competition, which can be found on the application page by clicking the “Get started” button below.
- In principle, no professional experience is required. However, in cases where a candidate’s required educational qualifications correspond to completed university studies of 3 years only, they should also have subsequently obtained relevant professional experience of at least one year.