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21.05.2025
12:00–13:30
The Professional Skills of Young Lawyers in the Justice System
Congress Centre, conference hall D2
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The concept of a ‘digital state’ implies that digital technologies can ensure greater transparency in interaction and simplify communication between the state and civil society. The Russian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Digital Development, and other entities are developing unified digital platform solutions to ensure the availability of legal information in Russia, including for legal education and to enhance legal awareness among citizens. The creation and operation of such platforms involves work with big data and requires new knowledge and expertise from young lawyers. Today, Russia is implementing the ‘Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State’ national project, which aims to create an ecosystem to train skilled professionals, digitalize public administration, and develop domestic digital platforms. In order to form an effective system to train the lawyers of the future, including in the justice system, we need to understand what trends exist in the industry today in the context of digital transformation, as well as what skills are in demand now and will be in the future. In 2024–2025, Kutafin Moscow State Law University developed an atlas called ‘Human Resources Potential of Young People in the IT Sphere: Professions of the Future and National Priorities in the Context of Strategic Planning’. How does digital transformation affect the legal industry and its human resources? What are some of the specific features with respect to the justice system? How is interaction between the state and civil society changing in terms of work with big data and digital platforms? What skills does a young lawyer need to meet the challenges facing the state and industry as regards developing digital technologies? How can these skills be most effectively taught and what tools are needed for this?
Moderator
Dmitry Gulyaev
Youth Digital Ombudsman; Director, Center for Youth Rights in the Digital Space, Head of the cluster project "School of Leaders of Technological Development", O.E. Kutafin University (MGUA)
Panellists
Elena Avakyan
Head of Digital Transformation of the Bar, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Andrey Berezhnov
Deputy Dean for Educational and Methodological Work, Associate Professor of the Department of Labor Law, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Viktor Blazheyev
Rector, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Grigory Borisenko
Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (video message)
Oleg Vavilov
Advisor to the Senior Vice President, Sberbank
Elena Zakharkina
Deputy Director, Federal Bailiff Service
Vladimir Kochetkov
Director of the Department of State Registration of Departmental Regulatory Legal Acts, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Elina Sidorenko
Professor, MGIMO University; Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights
Broadcast
Dmitry Gulyaev
Youth Digital Ombudsman; Director, Center for Youth Rights in the Digital Space, Head of the cluster project "School of Leaders of Technological Development", O.E. Kutafin University (MGUA)
Elena Avakyan
Head of Digital Transformation of the Bar, The Russian Federal Bar Association
Elena Avakyan is the Executive Director of the Non-Profit Partnership for Advancement of Corporate Law.
Since 2019, Elena has been a member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council. Since 2018, she served on the Expert Council on Legislative Support for the Development of the Securities Market and Derivative Financial Instruments under the Committee of the State Duma for Financial Markets.
From 2006 to 2014, Elena served as the head of Control and Analytic Directorate at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. She was one of the ideologists of the e-justice project in Russia and one of its managers.
In 2004–2005, Elena was the chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Securities Market Participants. In 1999–2004, she was the head of Legal Control Service and vice president of Renaissance-Capital. Before that, she worked as a general counsel of the board of the St Petersburg Stock Exchange.
At various times, Elena served as a financial market legislation expert for the FAS of Russia and Ministry of Finance, corporate governance expert for the Ministry of Economic Development, expert for the State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation as well as an expert of the Property Committee of the RF State Duma, an assistant to the Committee chairperson and assistant to a deputy of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building. Since 2011, she is a member of the working group on multi-purpose centers. She took part in the drafting of a concept of new civil legislation.
Elena is a member of all working groups at the Skolkovo competence centres in each of the focus areas of the Digital Economy national programme; she leads a small working group on the concept of an ‘electronic document’ within the Skolkovo working groups.
From 2021 to 2025 – Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.
Since 2019, Elena has been a member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers Council. Since 2018, she served on the Expert Council on Legislative Support for the Development of the Securities Market and Derivative Financial Instruments under the Committee of the State Duma for Financial Markets.
From 2006 to 2014, Elena served as the head of Control and Analytic Directorate at the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. She was one of the ideologists of the e-justice project in Russia and one of its managers.
In 2004–2005, Elena was the chairwoman of the board of the National Association of Securities Market Participants. In 1999–2004, she was the head of Legal Control Service and vice president of Renaissance-Capital. Before that, she worked as a general counsel of the board of the St Petersburg Stock Exchange.
At various times, Elena served as a financial market legislation expert for the FAS of Russia and Ministry of Finance, corporate governance expert for the Ministry of Economic Development, expert for the State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets and Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation as well as an expert of the Property Committee of the RF State Duma, an assistant to the Committee chairperson and assistant to a deputy of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building. Since 2011, she is a member of the working group on multi-purpose centers. She took part in the drafting of a concept of new civil legislation.
Elena is a member of all working groups at the Skolkovo competence centres in each of the focus areas of the Digital Economy national programme; she leads a small working group on the concept of an ‘electronic document’ within the Skolkovo working groups.
From 2021 to 2025 – Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.
Andrey Berezhnov
Deputy Dean for Educational and Methodological Work, Associate Professor of the Department of Labor Law, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Viktor Blazheyev
Rector, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Grigory Borisenko
Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
Oleg Vavilov
Advisor to the Senior Vice President, Sberbank
Elena Zakharkina
Deputy Director, Federal Bailiff Service
Vladimir Kochetkov
Director of the Department of State Registration of Departmental Regulatory Legal Acts, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Elina Sidorenko
Professor, MGIMO University; Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights
Sidorenko Elina - Doctor of Law, Professor of MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia), Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
A graduate of the Stavropol State University (now — The North-Caucasus Federal University) in 2001. In 2002 she successfully defended her thesis and in 2013 she successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Law. Since 2013 she is Professor of MGIMO University, since 2017 she is the Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
Research interests: financial security, digital economy, anti-corruption policy, laundering of the proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism.
She is the author of 150 scientific works.
Sidorenko Elina is actively working as an expert. She is a member of the Expert Council of the RF President's Administration on anti-corruption, the Head of the Working Group of the State Duma of RF Federal Gathering on cryptocurrency circulation risk assessment, the Head of the new digital technologies Expert Council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Participates in the development of legislation on cryptocurrency circulation regulation in Russia.
A graduate of the Stavropol State University (now — The North-Caucasus Federal University) in 2001. In 2002 she successfully defended her thesis and in 2013 she successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Law. Since 2013 she is Professor of MGIMO University, since 2017 she is the Head of MGIMO Digital economy centre.
Research interests: financial security, digital economy, anti-corruption policy, laundering of the proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism.
She is the author of 150 scientific works.
Sidorenko Elina is actively working as an expert. She is a member of the Expert Council of the RF President's Administration on anti-corruption, the Head of the Working Group of the State Duma of RF Federal Gathering on cryptocurrency circulation risk assessment, the Head of the new digital technologies Expert Council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Participates in the development of legislation on cryptocurrency circulation regulation in Russia.