EVENTS
18 May 2011

Second Young Lawyer Forum to take place with support from EPAM

On 18-19 May the Second International Young Lawyer Forum organized by the Russian Lawyers Association took place in St Petersburg. EPAM was the event’s sponsor and the Firm’s lawyers participated in its program.

The Young Lawyer Forum aims to bring together the nation’s young lawyers. The event featured representatives of the Russian Ministry of Justice, the Russian Ministry for Economic Development, members of the Russian State Duma and the Federation Council, leading Russian attorneys and lawyers, presidents and students of leading Russian law schools, and young legal practitioners. The main topics discussed at the Forum included: pro bono legal services to the public (law clinics and other forms of advice), modernization and innovation of the Russian state, activities of the Association Against Corruption youth movement, and countering youth extremism in Russia.

Ilya Nikiforov, Managing Partner at EPAM St. Petersburg Law Offices, moderated the session on the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy. Andrey Porfiriev, senior lawyer of the Firm and a coordinator of the Center for Public Procedures “Business Against Corruption”, delivered a report titled “Involvement of Civil Society in Anti-Corruption Expert Examination".