PRESS RELEASE

3 September 2012

Kyiv - DLA Piper, a global law firm, announced today the beginning of the All-Ukraine Scholarship Competition for Law Students of 2012. The Competition is running 6th year in a row for students of law departments of the Ukrainian Universities.  Within the frames of its CSR practice DLA Piper is glad to give an opportunity to a new generation of Ukrainian lawyers to take a step towards professional growth.  Winners of the competition will take traineeships in the offices of DLA Piper, including abroad, and will receive a monetary scholarship during the academic year.

"This year the procedure of the Competition is slightly changed - we did it to improve quality of winners selection process. Now we will hold round tables with semifinalists of the competition to choose finalists. Earlier, interviews used to be held only with the finalists (winners) of the competition. As usual, this year we will check general level of students' professional skills, their analytic skills and knowledge of English. Besides, students will have to defend their written essays before the Judging Panel of the Competition.  Based on the results of the round tables we will select 4 finalists who will be awarded", comments Margarita Karpenko, Managing Partner of Kyiv office of DLA Piper.

Judging Panel of the 2012 Competition includes:

  • Chala Kateryna, Vice President Legal, Sitronics Information Technologies
  • Dyagilyeva Oksana, Head of Legal Department-Compliance officer, METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine, Ltd
  • Fesenko Vadym, Deputy Head of Main Department for Judicial System Affairs, Administration of the President of Ukraine
  • Karpenko Margarita, Managing Partner, DLA Piper Ukraine (Kyiv)
  • Kravchenko Olga, Head of Legal Department, Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine
  • Lazurenko Anna, Head of Legal, Louis Dreyfus Commodities Ltd. LLC
  • Vakhel Yuriy, Head of Legal and Business Development, Noble Resources Ukraine LLC, member of UBA’s Audit Committee.

Application forms and written essays shall be submitted before 15 November 2012. Round tables with semi-finalists and the award ceremony will take place in January 2013 after all necessary reviews.
All-Ukraine Scholarship Competition for Law Students of 2012 is traditionally supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and by the Students' League of Ukrainian Bar Association. Media partners are: Yurydychna Praktyka Weekly, magazines "Ukrainian Journal of Business Law", "Ukrainskiy Yurist", "Sudovy Vypusk", and the information agency "Interfax".

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For further information: Nataliya Tkachenko, Marketing Manager, DLA Piper Ukraine, LLC. Tel.: +380 (44) 490 9579 or E-mail: nataliya.tkachenko@dlapiper.com

Information for editors:

  1. DLA Piper is a global law firm with 4,200 lawyers across 77 offices and 31 countries.  From its offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, legal and business advisers provide a comprehensive range of services to local, regional and international businesses. In Kyiv our team comprises more than 30 lawyers headed by Margarita Karpenko, Managing Partner.
  2. DLA Piper All-Ukraine Scholarship Competition for Law Students of 2012 is running 6th year in a row and is one of DLA Piper CSR initiatives within the framework of its global Education platform. Besides this one, DLA Piper globally directs its CSR efforts to Pro Bono, People & Communities and Sustainability platforms.
  3. Further information about the Competition can be found at www.dlapiper.com/ukraine, and in social network VKontakte at the Competition page http://vkontakte.ru/club26160384#/club26160384. Besides, interested students can contact marketing department of DLA Piper Ukraine at +380 44 490 9579 or send a request to scholarship@dlapiper.com, to receive the detailed information.
  4. For further information about our organisation and services, please visit our website: www.dlapiper.com.  Please follow us on Facebook.