Sacha (Alexandra) Prechal is judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2010. She studied law at the University of Groningen (1977-83) and she holds a PhD in Law from University of Amsterdam (1995). She started her professional career as Lecturer in the Law Faculty of the University of Maastricht (1983-87). Between 1987 and 1991 she was Legal Secretary at the Court of Justice of the European Communities and then again Lecturer at the Europa Institute of the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam (1991-95). In 1995 she has been appointed Professor of European Law in the Law Faculty of the University of Tilburg and in 2003 Professor of European Law in the Law Faculty of the University of Utrecht. Since 1 January 2012 she holds this position as honorary Professor.

She is member of the editorial or advisory board of several national and international legal journals and member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of numerous publications on EU law, in particular on judicial protection in the EU, on various aspects of the relationship between EU law and national law, on general principles/fundamental rights, on EU anti-discrimination law and on problems related to EU directives.