PROF. DR. SC. ALAN UZELAC

Curriculum vitae

Personal

  • born in Zagreb on June 15, 1963; citizen of Croatia; married;

Education

  • 1999 * Doctor of Laws, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Law School, Zagreb)
  • 1996 * Visiting Researcher (Fulbright fellowship),Harvard Law School
  • 1992 * Master of Laws, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Law School, Zagreb)
  • 1986-87 * Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz (Mainz University, Germany): study of political science, philosophy and comparative literature: guest student in academic year 1986/87;
  • 1982-90 * Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Faculty of Philosophy) * study of philosophy and comparative literature: study completed by acquiring the degree prof. phil. et comp. litt. (= B.A. in philosophy and literature) on March 1, 1990;
  • 1982-88 Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Law School, Zagreb): study of law: study completed by acquiring the dipl. iur. (= Bachelor of Laws) degree on December 15, 1988;

Employment History

  • 1994- Law School Zagreb: employed since 1994; from 2001: Professor of Law at the Chair for Civil Procedure;
  • 1991-1994 Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb: November 1, 1991 - October 31, 1994: employed as teaching assistant at the Chair Introduction to Law, and as researcher at the project Government of the Rule of Law;
  • 1989-1991 Law School, University in Rijeka: February 1, 1989 - October 31, 1991: employed as scientific researcher at the Chairs for Theory of Law and State and Civil Procedure;

Experience

  • 2002-2003 * expert of the Council of Europe in the bilateral and multilateral legal cooperation programs for improving the enforcement of judicial decisions: multilateral seminar for bailiffs in Varna; programs for improving efficiency of enforcement in Bulgaria, Georgia and Moldova
  • 2000-2002 * delegate in the Commission of Experts on the Efficiency of Justice (CJ-EJ); member of the Working Party of the CJ-EJ;
  • 1998-2003 * delegate in the UN Working Group on Arbitration and Conciliation;
  • 2000-2001 * member of the inner drafting groups of the Croatian Ministry of Justice: Law on Courts, Law on Supreme Judicial Council, Law on Arbitration;
  • 2000 * consultant of the World Bank project on improving efficiency of the Commercial Courts in Croatia;
  • 2001-2003 * lecturer at the post-graduate studies in European law - course on European courts;
  • 1992-2002 * Secretary General of the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce;
  • 1993 * intership at the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris;
  • 1995-2003 * lecturer at multiple seminars for Croatian judges and other professionals on the human right to a fair trial within reasonable time (organizers: Council of Europe, Croatian and Dutch Helsinki Committees, Croatian Law Centre, UNHCR, Office of the Government Agent at the ECHR etc.);

Professional Positions and Affiliations

Croatian Association of Social Sciences and Humanities (acting President);

Croatian Arbitration Yearbook, Review of Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe (General Editor)

International Association of Procedural Law, Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für internationales Verfahrensrecht, Law and Society Association, Association of Croatian Fulbright Scholars, Harvard Club Croatia (member)