The paper makes ample reference to past European projects such as AGIS, GROTIUS, BMT and TRAFUT; describes the training programme for legal interpreters and translators currently implemented at KU Leuven Campus Antwerp; and presents current or forthcoming projects such as Co-MINOR-IN/QUEST (on interpreter-mediated questioning of minors), TraiLLD (on legal interpreter training for languages of lesser diffusion), QUALITAS (on assessing legal interpreting quality), and Justisigns (on sign language interpreting in criminal proceedings).