Scholarship Contest: Students League of the Ukrainian Bar

55 students from 17 universities participated in the scholarship competition, which focused this year on issues related to intellectual property rights. The judges panel included VKP Partners Vasil Kisil, Oleg Makarov, Oleksandr Mamunya, Senior Associate Tetyana Kudrytska, and Leading Associate Andrey Nikolayenko. 

The finalists in the 2014 competition were:

• Vasiliy Kundrik, Oleg Stoev – the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev; 
• Glib Demich, Daniel Parsae – the Yaroslav Mudriy National Law Academy of Ukraine; 
• Dmitri Simbirev – the National University of Kiev Mohyla Academy; 
• Kristina Nikerui – Ivan Franko National University of L'viv; 
• Vladimir Chaban – Vasyl Stefanyk Subcarpathian National University

The winners of the Fourth Scholarship Contest were: 

• 1st place: Nikita Dahovsky from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev for his paper on “Trends in the development of intellectual property rights in Ukraine and around the world: what shall the next decade bring?”; 
• 2nd place: Maria Zaharchenko from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev for her paper on “Specialized court to hear IP cases in Ukraine: a mistake or a necessity?”; 
• 3rd place: Olexandr Melnik from the National Taras Shevchenko University for his paper on “Specialized court to hear IP cases in Ukraine: a mistake or a necessity?”. 

Daria Sedyh, the organizer of the competition and Head of Legal Seminars, Conferences and Competitions Division of the UBA Students League, noted that “every year the Scholarship competition initiated by Vasil Kisil & Partners becomes more popular among students, because participation in such contests is a good start for young legal practitioners, helping them make the right choice regarding their specialization and embark on a successful career path.”