Валерія

Valeriia Shemshur

Date of birth: 06/01/2002 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: Female Phone number:

[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») (Work) Email address: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)

Address: Ukraine (Home)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

10/10/2025 – CURRENT Kyiv, Ukraine
PHD (INTERNATIONAL LAW) Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• Subject-Specific Legal Skills (Advanced Treaty Interpretation, Legal Fragmentation Analysis, Sovereignty and
Jurisdictional Theory, International Dispute Settlement, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law)
• Research and Methodological Skills (Legal Epistemology, Comparative Methodology, Empirical Legal Research,
Archival and Document Analysis)
• Occupational and Transferable Skills (Complex Problem Solving, High-Level Drafting, Public Speaking, Project
Management, Digital Literacy)

Level in EQF EQF level 8

01/10/2023 – 30/06/2025 Kyiv, Ukraine
MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• Doctrinal Knowledge (Public International Law, International Dispute Settlement, International Human Rights,
International Humanitarian Law, International Economic Law, Law of the Sea)
• Specialized Contextual Skills (Cybersecurity, International Environmental Law, Transnational Criminal Law)
• Occupational and Transferable Skills (Advanced Legal Research, Multilateral Negotiation, Legal Drafting, Case
Analysis, Intercultural Competence)

Level in EQF EQF level 7

01/09/2019 – 30/06/2023 Kyiv
BACHELOR IN INTERNATIONAL LAW Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• Core Subject-Specific Skills (Legal Theory, Public International Law Basics, Constitutional and Administrative Law,
Human Rights Foundations, Contract and Tort Law)
• Practical Legal Skills (Legal Research, Case Analysis, Legal Writing, Mooting and Oral Advocacy)
• Occupational and Transferable Skills (Critical Thinking, Information Synthesis, Digital Literacy, Ethical Awareness)

Level in EQF EQF level 6

WORK EXPERIENCE

PARALEGAL – LAWYER PAVLO BORT – 01/01/2025 – Current – KYIV, UKRAINE

• Case Management and Organization (Docketing and Calendaring, File Maintenance, Coordinating Logistics)
• Legal Research and Fact Investigation (Substantive Legal Research, Fact-Finding, Summarizing Records)
• Drafting and Document Preparation (Pleadings and Motions, Discovery Requests, Transactional Documents,
Correspondence)
• Litigation Support and Trial Preparation (Trial Binders, Electronic Discovery, Courtroom Assistance)
• Client and Third-Party Liaison (Client Communication, Liaising with Experts, Interacting with Court Staff)

LAWYER – PRYKHODKO AND PARTNERS – 01/08/2023 – 31/12/2024 – KYIV, UKRAINE

1. legal support for:
• registering and winding down business abroad
 • opening bank accounts
• obtaining licenses for conducting a certain type of activity
• legalizing a person abroad and opening a bank account for them
2. consulting on tax burdens abroad
3. drafting legal documents (lawsuits, NDAs, sales contracts, applications to the court and registration authorities
etc)
4. writing articles on international law
5. participating in events related to the specifics of the work

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER – NGO “JUSTICE AND HONOR” – 20/03/2022 – 30/08/2024 – CHERKASY, UKRAINE

• Legal research on human rights
• Legal assistance to internally displaced persons
• Development and submission of grant applications
• Monitoring of project implementation
• Assistance in organizing conferences
• Communication with foreign organizations on building partnership ties (including the transfer of humanitarian
aid and its documentation as well)
Key developments:
• Participation in the US-Ukrainian event “WAR IN UKRAINE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT,” organized in October 2022 by
Gaston Espinoza, professor of religious studies at Claremont McKenna College
• Development of a legal strategy for establishing the organization's representative offices in Poland, Lithuania,
and Latvia
• Work on applications for the public organization to join IFLRY and LYMEC
• Support for a project from USAID

SKILLS

advise on legal decisions Microsoft Word Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel legal research present
arguments persuasively analyse legal evidence Microsoft Powerpoint court procedures develop strategy to
solve problems Organizational and planning skills Team-work oriented

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): UKRAINIAN
Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

FRENCH B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

GERMAN B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

SPANISH B1 B1 B1 B1 B2

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user