ON THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OFTHE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA | 8577
Article 14-a: Legal Service Unit
The Legal Service Unit operates attached to the Constitutional Court and it constitutes thescientific legal nucleus of the Constitutional Court. It carries out advisory and supporting activity in the decision-making process of the Constitutional Court, including: the preparation of cases for trial, submitting legal opinions and undertaking scientific research on legal cases being examined by the Constitutional Court, as well as any other tasks assigned by the Chairperson or the Meeting of Judges.
The Legal Service Unit shall consist of legal advisors appointed by the Chairperson fromamong the jurists who fulfil the criteria for being a judge, a prosecutor or a jurist of not less than 10 years of professional experience as lecturers of law, lawyers, or senior employee in the public administration. Not less than half of the total number of legal advisors shall be appointed from among the ranks of magistrates. The legal advisor who comes from among the ranks of jurists shall receive the salary equal to the “gross starting salary” of the first instance court judge, without the other financial benefits in accordance with the Law ‘On the Status of Judges and Prosecutors in the Republic of Albania’.
The Legal Service Unit shall be under the authority of the Chairperson, who for each courtcase assigns the legal advisor, based on his professional experience and legal expertise, in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Constitutional Court. The number of legal advisors shall be determined upon the decision of the Meeting of Judges.
Legal advisors shall be disciplinary liable. Disciplinary measures shall be decided by theMeeting of Judges, in accordance with the rules of procedure.
Legal advisors shall be subject to the rules provided in this law, the Internal Rules ofProcedure of the Constitutional Court and the law on the status of magistrates, as far as applicable.
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