Küllike Jürimäe

In 1981 she entered law school at the University of Tartu, from where she graduated in 1986.[1] Following her graduation, she entered the public administration and became an assistant to the Public Prosecutor of Talinn 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 Talinn 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 Masters degree in Democratization and Human Rights.[4] On 12 May 2004 she 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]