Nurzat Myrsalieva

Mailing address: 205 Abdumomunova, Bishkek 720040, Kyrgyzstan

Tel: +996 (312) 66 10 90 (work); +996 552 400 512 (mob)

Email: ,

Education:

Aug. 2004-Aug.2005 Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

· LL.M in International and Comparative law with Cum Laude

Aug. 2000 – June 2004 American University of Central Asia (AUCA)

· BA in Law with Summa Cum Laude

March-June, 2002 European University for Peace Studies, Stadtschlaining, Austria

· Certificate in special undergraduate program

Professional experience:

Aug. 2005- present Assistant Professor of Law at the American University-Central Asia

· Teach International Trade Law, European Union Law courses

· Developed an on-line course on International Trade Law within AUCA-AUF collaboration project on e-learning

· Supervised bachelor thesis on “Correlation of the KR’s tariff obligations under GATT/WTO and EAEC CCN”

Sept. 2008 – present Director of Legal Clinic at the AUCA

· Manage and coordinate work in the Legal Clinic

· Select cases, appoint supervisors, supervise public interest law cases

April – July 2009 Legal Analyst, Research Project “On market study of energy efficient and inefficient

lamps in the Kyrgyz Republic in the context of KR’s participation in WTO”

· Analyzed Kyrgyz customs legislation on import and export of lamps

· Developed strategies on transferring to energy efficient lamps using WTO instruments

June – August 2009 Legal Analyst Assistant, OSCE/ODIHR, Election Observation Mission

· Reported on attended court hearings on election related disputes

· Researched election legislation and case law

· Assisted in preparing relevant parts of OSCE/ODIHR reports

March 2007 – June 2009 Project coordinator for AUCA, Promoting Sustainable Reform of Higher Legal Education project organized by Public Interest Law Institute

· Drafted action plan for the law department and coordinated its implementation

· Drafted budget for implementation of action plan

April, July 2008, March 2009 Assistant Professor of Law at the Indiana University LL.M program in Egypt

· Taught WTO and EU Law for LL.M students in Egypt

June 2008 Assistant Professor of Law at the Vilnius University Special Certificate Program

· Taught European Union Law-Doing Business

May 2005-Aug. 2005 Research Assistant to Professor at the Indiana University School of Law

· Researched on “Legal aspects of doing business in Central and Eastern Europe”

Feb.2005-May 2005 Intern at the Indiana State Department of Revenue, Legal Division, Indianapolis

· Drafted advisory letters to taxpayers’ questions

· Researched in tax legislation concerning particular tax cases

July-August 2003 Intern at the Regional Delegation of International Committee of Red Cross for

Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Additional training and awards

Aug. 2005 – present Recipient of Academic Fellowship Program - Returning Scholar (HESP/OSI)

October 2009 AFP interdisciplinary meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, made presentation on “Implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Prospects for Developing Countries”

October 2008 Summer courses on Central Asia, European Union and Germany, Giessen, Germany

December 2008 GAJE Conference on “Justice Education in Community Context”, Manila, Philippines

January 2009 US Study Visit on Clinical Education, NY, USA

May 2009 AFP interdisciplinary meeting on Law and Economics, Antalya, Turkey

July 2007 CEU Summer University: “Teaching ethics, human rights and law”, Budapest, Hungary

July 2005 Summer Courses on “Transformation of Legal Systems in Eastern and

Central Europe,” Dubrovnik, Croatia

February 2005 European Law Moot Court Competition, representing Indiana Law School,

Istanbul, Turkey

June 2003 21st Warsaw courses on International Humanitarian law, Warsaw, Poland

February 2003 Jessup Moot court competition on International public law, 2nd place

National tournament, Bishkek

March 2003 Jean Pictet moot court competition on International Humanitarian Law,

Naphlion, Greece

List of Publications:

Jurisdictional Challenges in Investor-State Arbitration: Alalysis of typical provisions of Bilateral Investment Treaties, with specific reference to the Treaty between the US and the Kyrgyz Republic” European Journal of Law Reform Volume 7 (2004) issue3/4

Language skills

Kyrgyz -fluent (spoken, written) Russian –fluent (spoken, written)

English -fluent (spoken, written) French – conversational