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Curriculum Vitae

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, United States
LL.M
September 2006 - June 2007

Moscow State Law Academy, Russia
Doctorate in Law (Ph.D.)
Awarded in July 2006

University of Nottingham, UK and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Joint LL.M Degree in International and European Law
September 2002 - August 2003

Faculty of Law, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Diploma in Law with distinction
August 1997 - June 2002


HONOURS

Graduation with honourable mention from Utrecht and Nottingham Universities
Graduation with distinction from St. Petersburg University
Graduation with excellence from Minsk High School #176

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Tertio Millenio Seminar on the Free Society, Krakow, Poland
Ethics and Public Policy Center, Catholic Studies Program
Courses on Social Teaching of Catholic Church
July 2005

University of Munich, Germany
Munich Summer Training in German and European Law (MUST)
July 2003

Institute on Comparative and International Law, Oxford University, UK
Courses on International Commercial Arbitration and European Union Law
June - August 2001


EMPLOYMENT

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Washington, DC
2008 - present
Lawyer with International Arbitration and Litigation Practice
Doing legal work on various issues of international law, international commercial arbitration and foreign sovereign immunity.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Washington, DC
2007 - 2008
Extern Law clerk to Judge Stephen F. Williams
Researched and drafted detailed memoranda and opinions in cases involving employment law, contract law, foreign sovereign immunity, and other legal issues.

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
2006 - 2007
Research Assistant to Professor Reinier Kraakman
Conducted research on corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, white-collar crimes.

Belarusian State University
Minsk, Belarus
2004 - 2006
Lecturer
Lectured and held seminars on International Trade Law, Civil Law, Labour & Employment Law, European Union Law and International Law.
Coached moot court teams, supervised student law review.

Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Minsk, Belarus
2005 – 2006
General Counsel
Drafted court rulings and wrote legal memos on issues of international economic and investment law.

Max Planck Institute for International and Foreign Social Law
Munich, Germany
2003 - 2004
Visiting Fellow

International Labour Organization, Multinational Enterprises Programme
Geneva, Switzerland
2002
Legal Assistant (stagiaire)
Analyzed corporate codes of conduct, labor and investment legislation of various countries.
Researched multinationals’ practices in oil and gas sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Attorneys-at-Law Firm 'Baker & McKenzie CIS, Ltd.'
St Petersburg, Russia
Summer 2001
Summer Associate
Drafted due diligence reports, wrote memoranda on various issues of Russian commercial and employment law.
Wrote articles on legal aspects of doing business in Russia for English-language periodicals.

Commercial Bank 'Viking'
St Petersburg, Russia
Summer 1998, summer 1999
Summer Associate
Prepared documents in-house for investment bank on registration of legal entities, memoranda on corporate and commercial law.


POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Member of Editorial Board
Kluwer Law International
January 2005 - present

International Encyclopaedia of Laws
Member of International Advisory Board
Kluwer Law International
June 2004 - present

Harvard International Law Journal
Member of Editorial Board
January 2007 - June 2007

St Petersburg Department of European Law Students Association (ELSA)
Moot Court Director
September 2001 - May 2002

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
April 2001
National Champion, Member of the Russian Federation Team in International Rounds



OTHER ACTIVITIES

ELSA Ankara
Taught a course on international arbitration in Ankara, Turkey
September, 2008

International Labour Organization
External Collaborator
2006, 2007

EU International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists
from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (INTAS)

Scientific evaluator and expert for INTAS projects
August 2005 - May 2006

International Election Observer, Presidential Elections in Ukraine
December 2004
Observed elections in eastern Ukraine during the Orange Revolution

Editor and Moderator of the Program in Belarusian language on Radio Maria in St Petersburg, Russia
2000 - 2002
Prepared and moderated programs dealing with various social, religious and historical issues


SELECTED AWARDS

Harvard Law School
Study Scholarship
May 2006

Open Society Institute Academic Fellowship Program
Returning Scholar
2005/06

Civic Education Project
Local Faculty Fellow
2004/05

Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Social Law
Scholarship for 5-month guest stay at the Institute
October 2003

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Scholarship for participation in Summer Training in German and European Law in Munich University, Germany
April 2003

International Society for Labour Law and Social Security
Grant for participation in International Labour Law Congress 2003 in Montevideo, Uruguay
March 2003

Netherlands Organisation for Cooperation in the Field of Higher Education (NUFFIC)
Huygens Scholarship for one year study for LL.M degree
May 2002

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Belarusian, Russian        native language skills
English        fluent
German, Polish        good working knowledge
Ukrainian        good reading and listening comprehension

Yaraslau Kryvoi Êðèâîé ßðîñëàâ Âèêòîðîâè÷ ßðàñëࢠÊðûâîé Jaroslav Krivoy Jaraslau                             

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