Alexander Begov

Legal Assistant
Education:
32nd Secondary School of Foreign Languages “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Faculty of Law
Major: Law
2022–present

Academic Interests:
Criminal Law—General and Special Parts;
Criminal Procedure;
International Criminal Law;
European Union Criminal Law;
European Criminal Cooperation;
Administrative Criminal Law;
Protection of Fundamental Rights in Criminal Proceedings;
Case Law of National and European Jurisdictions.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
I have a particular interest in: The development of criminal law and criminal policy; International cooperation in criminal matters; Mechanisms for investigating and prosecuting cross-border crime; The interaction between national law and European Union law; The protection of fundamental rights in criminal proceedings; Administrative criminal liability and proceedings for the imposition of administrative penalties; Case law and the legal analysis of specific cases.
ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Participation in seminars, lectures, and discussions related to criminal and European law; Independent study of case law and current legal issues; Interest in analyzing decisions of Bulgarian courts, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Court of Justice of the European Union; Monitoring legislative developments and current trends in the field of criminal justice. Writing articles on criminal law issues of high public interest
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Bulgarian – native language English – C1/C2
German – B1
DIGITAL SKILLS
MS Office / Microsoft 365; Working with legal information systems; Online legal databases and sources; Legal research in national and European sources.