EDUCATION
Qualification:
Donetsk State University, Faculty of Economics and Law
Diploma of jurist with honors
6/98
London School of Economics and Political Sciences, post-graduate studies
10/1999-10/2000
Diploma of LLM is expected 9/2000
Official IELTS score 7.0 02/22/99
Official TOEFL score 600 Test of Written English 6.0/6.0 5/11/96
Additional Training:
Council of Europe Mediation Training Session
7/98
28th Strasbourg Human Rights Summer Session, France
7/97
Mediation Training, Ukraine
4/97, 9/97, 12/97
HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS
British Council Chevening Scholarship to study at LLM program,
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
10/99-10/2000
Open Society Institute International Policy Fellowship 11/98-11/99
Council of Europe Scholarship to attend Strasbourg Summer Sessions 07/97, 07/98
British Council Scholarship for NGO leaders exchange to Durham Univ., UK 03/11-03/26/98
First Prize at the National Ukrainian Telders Moot Court Competition 2/97
Donetsk Oblast Governor Scholarship for High Academic Achievement 2/96 - 2/97
USIS Full Scholarship for IREX exchange program to US 12/96
American Bar Association Scholarship to compete at Jessup Moot Court, US 3/96
First Prize at the National Ukrainian Jessup Moot Court Competition
2/96
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Economics and Law Faculty, Donetsk State
University
9/97 - present
Lecturer in Law
Lecturing Constitutional Law, teaching Seminars in Ukrainian Constitutional
Law, developing courses in International Economic Law, Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR)/
TACIS, Donetsk office
2/98-10/98
Legal Advisor
Working on TACIS Microcredit program, drafting contracts and other
legal documents
Search for Common Ground (US NGO) Office
in Donetsk, Ukraine
9/96 - 9/97
Research Assistant
Working on goal to establish Mediation as a mean of ADR in Ukraine.
One month visit under IREX program to research ADR in Pittsburgh, PA,
USA 12/96
NGO ACTIVITY
Legal Clinic "Pro bono", Donetsk State University
6/98 - 9/99
Project Director
Administration of the USAID grant, supervision of the office and students’
work to provide free legal aid to indeginious people
Youth Centre for Legal Studies, Donetsk State University
Director
5/97 - 9/98
Administration, management and supervision of Center activity
Law Journal, pro bono clinical education program,
Moot Court Competitions, research and conference organization.
Ukrainian Law Students Association
9/97-5/98
Head of the Seminars and Conferences Committee
Coordination of activity in Conferences organization by ULSA local
chapters
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Donetsk State University, Post-graduate research program
Writing dissertation for degree "kandidat juridicheskikh nauk"
"Alternative Resolution of Commercial Disputes in Ukraine"
9/98 -Present
British Council REAP project, partnership with Durham University,
UK
Responsible for drafting proposal "Curriculum Reform in the European
Law Courses", developing a course in International Economic Law, section
on Dispute Resolution
Research visit to Durham University
12/1998
Publications
Arbitration Reform in Ukraine. Amicus Curiae, Issue 15,
March 1999, p. 28-31
Arbitration Reform in Ukraine. International Corporate
Law Bulletin, January 1999, p. 12-15
Where is Ukraine on the Issue of International Commercial Arbitration?Donetsk
University Law Journal, No 1 (2), 1998, p. 37-44
SKILLS
Computers: Windows, Microsoft Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Lexicon
Languages: Russian and Ukrainian, Native, English - Fluent
Certified Translator Russian - English, English - Russian
Donetsk State University, Diploma of Interpreter in English