'Because of their vulnerable position, personal injury victims in particular have an interest in a good lawyer who can bring balance to the discussion with the liable party. I would like to use my experience and expertise in liability law and procedural law for those who need it most. I am a dedicated lawyer, combative and tenacious where necessary.

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Arlette Schijns

Lawyer

Study
Radboud University Nijmegen (1999, cum laude)

Lawyer since
2001

Grotius specialization course in personal injury
Grotius Academy (cum laude)

Memberships 
LSAVASRNVvPNJV, Association for Insurance ScienceWAALANGZS

Ancillary positions
Member of the Commission of the Damage Fund for Crimes of Violence (since 2021)
Researcher Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: the doctoral research Focuses on compensation for victims of crime (since 2014)
Board member Dutch Lawyers Association, NJV (since 2018)
Board member of the Grotius Academy Foundation (since 2017)
Editor Tijdschrift Vergoeding Personenschade (since 2017)
Senior Lecturer in Civil Law Professional School of Law (since 2017)
Lecturer at Grotius Academy (since 2016)
Member Quality Committee Personal Injury Lawyers Association (since 2013)
Co-author Handbook of Personal Injury, 'Liability for Persons' (since 2011)
Publishes and lectures regularly in the areas of liability law and personal injury

Register of Jurisdictions
Arlette Schijns has registered the areas of law "personal injury law," "civil procedure law," "victim law" and "law of obligations" in the register of areas of law of the Dutch Bar Association.

By virtue of this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits in each registered principal area of law each calendar year according to the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.

Blogs by Arlette

EU proposes strengthening victims' rights: what does this mean for the Netherlands?

On July 12, 2023, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the 2012 Victims' Rights Directive.
This directive formulates a number of important rights for crime victims, including the right to information about the criminal proceedings, and the right to seek compensation from the accused in the criminal proceedings. These rights have been implemented in all EU member states since 2016. However, the recent review of the directive found that certain rights are unclearly formulated and that member states have considerable leeway in their implementation. This detracts from the effectiveness of the rights. Therefore, the European Commission has proposed to further tighten the Directive.

Publications

Victimology Knowledge Network Newsletter October 2021
Traffic Law 2019
Journal of liability and insurance law in practice July 2018
Bundle of Research Center Enterprise and Law 2014
Journal of Personal Injury Compensation 2014
Theme section VB 2009