Irina
Dramaretskaya

Advocate of Law Office No. 6 of the Almaty City Bar Association

Awarded the medals of the Union of Advocates of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republican Bar Association "For Professionalism" and "For Loyalty to the Profession" and the honorary title "Honoured Advocate of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Certificates and letters of appreciation from the Almaty City Bar Association, the Republican Bar Association, the Union of Advocates, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, letters of appreciation from the Centre for Advanced Training of Advocates and Bar Staff of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the American Bar Association for delivering trainings for lawyers and advocates of Kazakhstan

Work experience

1981 — present — advocacy

Professional experience

Knowledge of the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and skills in applying it, advisory work with individuals and legal entities, representation in civil, criminal and administrative cases in courts of all levels, teaching

Teaching

• 2007 — present — trainer at the Centre for Advanced Training of Advocates and Bar Staff of the Republican Bar Association and the Union of Advocates of Kazakhstan
• 2004 — 2011 — senior lecturer at the Department of Jurisprudence, Almaty branch of the St. Petersburg University of Trade Unions
• 2004 — present — lecturer (trainer) at the Internship and Advanced Training Centre of the Almaty City Bar Association
• 2002 — 2007 — senior lecturer at the Academy of Economics and Law
• 1998 — 2002 — senior lecturer at the International Slavic University (Almaty branch of the St. Petersburg International University)

Education

• In 1981 graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law of Kirov Kazakh State University
• Completed the programmes: "Trial Advocacy Skills", "Interactive Methods of Teaching Lawyers", "Interviewing, Counselling, Legal Drafting and Professional Ethics Skills", "Legal Mechanisms for Protecting Gender Rights in Administrative and Criminal Cases", "The Right to Health" and many others

Participation in conferences, round tables and training seminars

• Regional seminar "New Criminal Procedure Institutions in the Law Enforcement Practice of Central Asian Advocates". Presentation: "Specifics of Advocates' Participation in Jury Trials"
• Round table "Improving the Institution of Representation", organised by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the General Prosecutor's Office jointly with the Union of Advocates of Kazakhstan. Presentation: "On Certain Issues of Representation in Court" (Astana)
• Training seminar "Legal Mechanisms for Protecting Gender Rights in Administrative and Criminal Cases". Practical session with seminar participants on: "Advocate Ethics in Handling Cases Protecting the Rights of Women Affected by Domestic Violence"
• Round table "Problems of Ensuring Adversarial Proceedings and Equality of Participants in Civil Litigation", organised by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the OSCE. Presentation: "On Certain Issues of the Prosecutor's Participation in Civil Proceedings" (Astana)
• Round tables on: "Innovations of the Civil Procedure Legislation in the New Edition"
• Participant of numerous round tables on various topics with advocates from Germany, England, France, Russia, Asian countries and other CIS countries
• Participation in working groups of legislative bodies discussing draft laws

Dozens of trainings delivered for lawyers of various firms and advocates of regional bar associations on the topics

1. "The Advocate's Participation in Civil Proceedings"

2. "Preparing and Conducting Court Cases: Strategy and Tactics, Working with Evidence, Judicial Rhetoric"

3. "Specifics of Advocates' Participation in Jury Trials"

4. "Representation in Civil Proceedings"

5. "Advocate Ethics"

6. "The Defence Counsel's Participation in Criminal Proceedings"

7. "The Advocate's Work at the Pre-Trial Stage of Civil Proceedings"

8. "Certain Aspects of Judicial Proof in Civil Proceedings"

9. "Standards of a Lawyer's Practice in Civil Litigation"

10. "Specifics of the Legal Drafting of Court Applications in Criminal and Civil Cases"

11. Alternative dispute resolution

12. Administrative justice

13. Regular classes with trainee advocates of the Almaty City Bar Association in various branches of law

14. Regular seminars with advocates of the Almaty City Bar Association under the Advanced Training Programme at its Internship and Advanced Training Centre

Publications

Article "Representation in Civil Proceedings", Advokaty Almaty journal

Article "The Advocate in a Jury Trial", Advokaty Almaty journal

Article "Whom to Entrust with Representing Your Interests in Court?", www. аdvokatura. kz

Article "On Certain Issues of the Prosecutor's Participation in Civil Proceedings"

Developed methodological recommendations on various issues of law enforcement practice and many others

Publications in the newspaper Vash Advokat