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Karolina Świętochowska

Trainee Advocate

Trainee Advocate at the Warsaw Bar Association and a graduate of the Faculty of Law at SWPS University in Warsaw. She supports the team in criminal law and criminal procedure matters, as well as in human rights cases. Her particular academic and professional interest lies in penitentiary law.

Education

  • SWPS University, integrated Master’s degree in Law (2020–2025)
  • Jagiellonian University, postgraduate studies in Fiscal and Economic Criminal Law (2025–present)
  • Warsaw Bar Association, advocate training (2026–present)

Key Practice Areas

  • Criminal law, including cases involving organised crime
  • Criminal procedure, including enforcement proceedings
  • International criminal law, with a particular focus on extradition proceedings and European Arrest Warrants
  • Disciplinary proceedings

Selected Experience

  • Preparing expert reports for extradition proceedings, including those concerning European Arrest Warrants
  • Supporting the defence in cases involving participation in organised criminal groups engaged in VAT fraud
  • Assisting in the representation of a victim in defamation proceedings
  • Supporting the defence in disciplinary proceedings against a judge
  • Supporting the defence in cases concerning online fraud committed by organised criminal groups
  • Assisting in the preparation of applications to the European Court of Human Rights

Professional and Academic Activities

  • Member of the SWPS University team representing the university in the international ICC Moot Court Competition in The Hague (2025)
  • Member of the SWPS University team representing the university in the international criminal law competition Nuremberg Moot Court (2024)
  • Student representative in the SWPS University Disciplinary Committee (2022–2024)
  • Chair of the SWPS University Penitentiary Law Student Research Group (2021–2023); co-organiser and moderator of the National Conference of Penitentiary Law Student Research Groups “The Future of the Penitentiary System in Light of the Amendments to the Executive Penal Code and the Prison Service Act” (2022)
  • Author of publications on the SWPS University Law Zone portal, including “Women in Prisons – Selected Issues”
  • Author of the podcast “Prison Psychology – What Does the Work of a Penitentiary Psychologist Look Like?”, published on the SWPS Law Zone channels

Awards and Distinctions

  • 2nd place in the 26th edition of the Local Public Speaking Contest organised by ELSA Warsaw (2024)
  • VIS Scholarship recipient for academic activity and engagement (2022/2023)
  • Recipient of the Rector’s Scholarship for Best Students at SWPS University (2020/2021)

Languages

  • English

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