• SPECIAL SEMINARS FOR YOUNG LAWYERS  
        PROGRAMMES OF SEMINARS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS 
        INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES 
        ABOUT LECTURERS

     

         
         

    • SPECIAL SEMINARS FOR YOUNG LAWYERS    

        "Management of Civil Court Personnel"
        (Training for judges)
        Organization of the operations in a Regional Court. Distribution of activities among the employees.
        Judge on duty.
        Court proceedings on claim provision allowance.
        Judge's obligations on the current report.
        Court acts, ordained in closed sessions
        Check over the admissibility of claim and diligence of the claim application.
        Conducting a first court hearing of the case. Disposition and official start.
        Defence of the defendant against the claim.
        Evidence in the civil process. Evidence means. Ways of collection.
        Written evidence. Disputing of written evidence.
        Witness testimony. Limitations in the admissibility of witness testimony.
        Enacting a resolution.
        Moral, behaviour and ethics of judges.

        "Management of Criminal Justice Court Personnel"
        (Training for judges)
        Opening, non-suit and closing of criminal justice proceedings. Court staff.
        Jurisdiction. Court resolutions.
        Preparatory actions for case hearing in a court session.
        Court session - Parts I and II of Chapter XIV of the Criminal Justice Code (CJC).
        Court investigation.
        Amendment of the accusation in the course of court investigation and powers of the court as per art. 286 - 288 of the CJC.
        Court disputes.
        Power of the court as per art. 304 - 307 of the CJC.
        Judge's behaviour and ethics.

        "The Prosecutor in Criminal Justice"
        (Training for prosecutors)
        Procedural actions of prosecutors at the stage of consulting preliminary proceedings. Preliminary check. Investigative actions in the order of art. 191(2) of the CJC.
        Refusal to constitute preliminary proceedings. Ordinance for refusal with different legal justifications.
        Actions and functions of prosecutors in preliminary proceedings. Prosecutor's supervision at this stage.
        Supervision of legality in preliminary investigation. Prosecutor's instructions. Passing judgement on appeals.
        Prosecutor's action upon closing the preliminary investigation.
        Referring back a case for additional proceedings - grounds, contents of the ordinance.
        Termination of criminal justice proceedings - grounds. Powers of prosecutor in termination under art. 61 and 78a of the CJC.
        Prosecutor's actions in determination, amendment and appeal of "under arrest" bail.
        Constituting of indictment - requirements for form and contents. Peculiarities and difficulties in constituting of indictment in criminal group and professional negligence.
        Right of the victim in the criminal justice process and prosecutor's role in their enactment in the preliminary and court proceedings. Bringing of a civil suit by the prosecutor.
        Prosecutor's participation in court investigation. Amendments in accusation. Prosecutor's speech.
        Lodging of protest against the sentence; protest contents.
        Problems in execution of sentence.

        "Preliminary Proceeding"
        (Training for investigators)
        Constituting of preliminary proceeding, division, unification, proposal for rejection of constituting.
        Defender's participation in preliminary proceedings.
        Expert opinion and preliminary proceedings.
        Inspection of a criminal scene.
        Frisk, search and confiscation. Recognition of persons and objects.
        Investigative experiment.
        Lodging of accusation. Procedural enforcement measures.
        Final ordinance.
        Analysis of admissible weaknesses, resulting in back referral of cases by the Prosecutor's Office and the court. Written objections by the investigator.
        Discussion of issues from the general part of the CJC - art. 26(1), art. 27 - 29 of the CJC; art. 63, 78 and 85 of the CJC; art. 79 and 80 of the CJC
        Work in groups - case solutions and discussions.

        "Counsel Defence and Practice"
        (Training for Attorneys)
        Rules for practising the attorney profession and disciplinary responsibility.
        Issues of administrative proceedings.
        Traffic crime.
        The ownership regime in accordance with the acting legislation.
        Groups for sentence reversal amendment.
        Insolvency.
        Unjustified enrichment.
        Improvements.
        Proving and means of proof in the criminal justice process.
        Marital relationships.
        Partition proceedings ( art. 278 of the Civil Procedures Code).
        Commercial Law issues.

        "Problems of Executive Proceedings"
        (Training for executive judges)
        Opening, ceasing and closing of the executive process.
        Execution of cash payments in transfer of chattels, real estates, substitute actions, non-substitute actions; execution of inaction debts, debts for child hand over.
        Execution of cash payments. Debtor's property as a subject of execution. Non- sequestable property rights. Provision of execution of cash payment: chattels distraint, real estate injunction, debtor's claims injunction.
        Execution over chattels - description list, evaluation, storage. Public sale of chattels. Complications in execution over chattels.
        Execution over debtor's claims. Annexation of creditors, payment and distribution.
        Consideration of a project for amendment of the CPC.
        Jurisprudence and case-studies.
         

          PROGRAMMES FOR SEMINARS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS  

        "Tax Law"
        Determination of tax debts according to the Tax Procedures Act and other specialized tax laws - general and special order.
        Issues of taxation statements - competent body, form, requisites.
        Administrative appeal of taxation statements. Powers of the Head of the Territorial Tax Office.
        Court appeal of taxation statements. Requirements to admissibility and due diligence of appeal. Procedure, court powers. Subsidiary implementation of provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act for unresolved issues.
        Overview of the order of supervision of District court resolutions over tax acts.
        Customs regulations.
        Direct taxation of legal entities and physical persons. Current problems.
        Local taxes and duties. Growth tax. Funds for wages.
        Indirect taxation - VAT and excise. Current problems.

        "Legal Protection of Industrial Property"
        Industrial property sites. Legal essence. National Legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria.
        Trade marks. Legal essence, registration procedure. Executive right, infringements.
        Industrial models. Origin titles. Legal essence, protection document issue procedure. Rights and disputes over rights.
        Patent law. Basic provisions. Reference to the Inventions and Rationalization Act.
        Non-statutory legislative acts for the Patent Law. Case-studies and  discussion.
        Secret patents by-law.
        Patent representatives. By-law for representatives of industrial property.
        Applications of claims for protection documents at Patent administration. Procedure, expert opinion, terms. Possibilities for applications at the Industrial Property Centre in Varna.
        Application - role play and discussion.
         

            INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES  

        Computer Training Course
        32-bite PC configuration and operational characteristics.

        Graphic operational media Windows 3.1n:
        - general characteristics, working terms, general tuning;
        - program group set-up; connection of icons with applications;
        - work with FILE MANAGER; preparation of magnet carrier;
        - set-up, moving and erasing of sub directories;
        - choice, copying, moving and erasing of files;
        - instalment and tuning of printers; work with PRINT MANAGER

        Text editor 6.0 for Windows:
        - general characteristics; start-up; structure of work screen;
        - software tuning; function of tools bars;
        - screen modes; text writing and editing;
        - text format; position of paragraph;
        - font setting; framing and underlining;
        - page and list numbering;
        - preparation and printing of documents;
        - work with tables.
         

       
       
        ABOUT THE LECTURERS  

        The lecturers appointed to conduct the seminars, are judges from the Supreme Justice Council, prosecutors from the Chief Prosecutor's Office, prominent lawyers. They are all of high professional and moral reputation. The merits of the lecturers are assessed in two aspects: selection of high qualified professionals and pedagogical skills.

        Alexander Karaminkov
        Attorney, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Bar Council in charge of training.
        Member of the Board of Directors of "Democracy" Foundation.
        Bulgarian Ambassador to Austria (1992 - 1993).

        Alexander Chakarov
        Executive Judge, Sofia District Court

        Boyka Popova
        Judge, Supreme Court
        Supreme Justice Council member
        PIOR member

        Boyko Rashkov
        Director of the National Investigation Service.
        Ph.D. in Law
        Supreme Justice Council member
        PIOR member

        Vassil Nachkov
        Attorney
        Member of the Supreme Bar Council

        Galina Bakalova
        Deputy Head of District Investigation Service, Varna

        George Angelov
        Deputy chairman of Sofia District Court.
        Regional judge in Byala Slatina (1985-1986).
        Chairman of the Svoge Regional Court (1986-1990).
        PIOR member.

        George Petkanov
        Assistant professor at the Sofia University (1989)
        Dean of the Law Faculty of the Sofia University (1991-1995)
        Deputy Rector of the Sofia University (1996)
        Chairman of the Union of Lawyers in Bulgaria (1994)
        Specialist in revenue law with over 80 publications.
        PIOR member

        Daniela Dokovska
        Attorney
        Member of the Supreme Bar Council.
        Member of the Criminology Association
        Member of the Association of Women in Law
        Lecturer in Criminal Justice proceedings at the Sofia University

        Elena Velichkova
        Judge, Supreme Court
        PIOR member

        Elena Petkova
        Senior Court Inspector at the Ministry of Justice

        Elena Hadjidimitrova
        District Prosecutor of Razgrad
        Specialized Criminal Justice at the Council of Europe (1991)
        PIOR member

        Emanuela Balevska
        Judge, Sofia City Court

        Ivan Petkov
        District Prosecutor of Blagoevgrad
        Ph.D. in Law
        Lecturer in Criminal Justice Proceedings at the Law Faculty of the South Western University of Blagoevgrad
        PIOR member

        Kapka Kostova
        Chairperson, Sofia Regional Court
        Commissioned member-judge of the Supreme Court
        PIOR member of the Board of Directors

        Klimentina Deneva
        Executive judge, Sofia Regional Court

        Lachezar Todorov
        Attorney
        Member of the Supreme Bar Council

        Margarita Sokolova
        Judge, Sofia District Court
        PIOR member

        Nelka Zelenkova
        Attorney
        Member of the Bar Council in Varna
        Former chairperson of Varna Regional Court (1984 - 1989)

        Nikola Ivanov
        Attorney
        Member of the Bar Council in Sofia

        Nikola Topalov
        Attorney
        Member of the Supreme Bar Council and the Council of the Sofia Bar Association

        Rumen Nenkov
        Judge, Supreme Court
        PIOR member

        Svetlana Milenkova
        Notary

        Stefka Stoeva
        Judge, Supreme Court
        PIOR member

        Todor Burilkov
        Attorney
        President of the Supreme Bar Council
        Vice-president of the International Association of Attorney
        Member of the Board of Directors of "Democracy Foundation"
        PIOR member

        Hrito Danov
        Attorney
        Member of the Supreme Bar Council
        Former Minister of Internal Affairs