Become a partner
26.06.2024
12:15–13:45
Legal Education in the BRICS Nations: On the Path to Integration
Congress Centre, conference hall D3
Broadcast
Expanding the constructive dialogue between BRICS countries makes it possible to deal with completely different issues, including legal education and how the high-quality training of legal specialists impacts the development of national jurisdictions and the BRICS integration process. What joint steps are needed to improve the quality of legal education in BRICS countries? What goals should we set and what results should we expect in the short and long term? What experience should representatives of BRICS countries pay close attention to?
Moderator
Sergey Stepashin
Chairman, Association of Lawyers of Russia; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Territorial Development Fund
Speakers
Viktor Blazheyev
Rector, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Victor Vaypan
Vice-Rector for Innovative Scientific and Technological Development, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vladislav Grib
Deputy Secretary, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation; Member, The Public Council under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Alexey Dronov
Chairman, Court of the Eurasian Economic Union
Evgeny Zabarchuk
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Ekaterina Ilgova
Rector, Saratov State Law Academy
Sergey Kabyshev
Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Science and Higher Education
Alexey Klishin
Chairman of the Presidium, "Klishin and Partners" Interterritorial Bar Association; Chairman of the Commission on Legal Framework of Modern Integration Processes of the Russian Federation, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Prashant Kumar
President, The Bar Association of India
Gong Nan
Deputy Director, Center for Russian Law Studies, Heilongjiang University
Broadcast
Sergey Stepashin
Chairman, Association of Lawyers of Russia; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Territorial Development Fund
Viktor Blazheyev
Rector, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Victor Vaypan
Vice-Rector for Innovative Scientific and Technological Development, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vladislav Grib
Deputy Secretary, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation; Member, The Public Council under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Alexey Dronov
Chairman, Court of the Eurasian Economic Union
Evgeny Zabarchuk
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Ekaterina Ilgova
Rector, Saratov State Law Academy
Sergey Kabyshev
Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Science and Higher Education
Alexey Klishin
Chairman of the Presidium, "Klishin and Partners" Interterritorial Bar Association; Chairman of the Commission on Legal Framework of Modern Integration Processes of the Russian Federation, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Prashant Kumar
President, The Bar Association of India
Prashant Kumar was President of LAWASIA from 2015-2017. A policy economist turned lawyer, Mr Prashant Kumar specialises in constitutional law, commercial and civil matters, arbitration and intellectual property, as well as matters relating to information technology law, infrastructure agreements, public-private partnerships and anti-dumping laws.
Mr Kumar's law firm seconded three domain consultants to the Asian Development Bank led project team to carry out IT reform in the Delhi judiciary as a pilot project in 2003-2005 and he actively engages in assisting infusion of technology in judicial systems on informal basis.
P Kumar, Profile
He has taken keen interest in using technology to carry out legal processes and his firm has developed and worked successfully IT based dispute resolution model for resolving mass auto loan disputes in which statements of claim and documentation is generated in a fully automated manner involving a range of legal and fact variations. Arbitrators are also made available award assist programme, which produces a template award which arbitrators can validate, improve and utilise as a base to pass an appropriate award.
Mr Kumar heads KPA Legal, a boutique law firm with a clientele that includes MNCs and major corporate houses in India.
Mr Kumar is a Life Member of both the Bar Association of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association. He has held various positions in the Bar Association of India and currently serves as its President Elect.
Mr Kumar's law firm seconded three domain consultants to the Asian Development Bank led project team to carry out IT reform in the Delhi judiciary as a pilot project in 2003-2005 and he actively engages in assisting infusion of technology in judicial systems on informal basis.
P Kumar, Profile
He has taken keen interest in using technology to carry out legal processes and his firm has developed and worked successfully IT based dispute resolution model for resolving mass auto loan disputes in which statements of claim and documentation is generated in a fully automated manner involving a range of legal and fact variations. Arbitrators are also made available award assist programme, which produces a template award which arbitrators can validate, improve and utilise as a base to pass an appropriate award.
Mr Kumar heads KPA Legal, a boutique law firm with a clientele that includes MNCs and major corporate houses in India.
Mr Kumar is a Life Member of both the Bar Association of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association. He has held various positions in the Bar Association of India and currently serves as its President Elect.
Gong Nan
Deputy Director, Center for Russian Law Studies, Heilongjiang University