Ewa Komorek

Biography

Ewa Komorek, LL.B (Warsaw 2002), LL.M (Amsterdam, 2003), PhD (Trinity College Dublin, 2008) lectures EU Aviation Law on the LL.M programme She formerly worked for the European Commission’s DG Competition (Media Unit) and in the EU & Competition Departments of Linklaters and Hammonds law firms in Brussels. She also worked as a consultant in the EU & Competition team of A&L Goodbody Solicitors in Dublin, as well as the research assistant for the Sales Law Review Group in the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. She is the country correspondent for Ireland for the 2012 update of the 2004 EMR study for the European Parliament entitled “The information of the citizen in the EU: obligations for the media and the Institutions concerning the citizen’s right to be fully and objectively informed” She also worked for the Sales Law Review Group in the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Her areas of expertise include law of the European Union, media law, human rights, with particular emphasis on freedom of expression, competition law, aviation law and consumer law.

 

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Professional Qualifications

 

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Administrative Functions

 

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Awards and Honours

 

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Education Details

• October 2004 – July 2008: Ph.D, Trinity College Dublin (research topic: “War of the Worlds? The European Union and the regulation of concentration in the television broadcasting sector”)
• 2002-2003: LL.M (first class honours) in the European Union Business Law (emphasis on EC competition law and internal market regulations), Amsterdam Law School, Universiteit van Amsterdam
• 1999-2000: Diploma in American Law (with distinction), Centre for American Law Studies (Levin College of Law, University of Florida + Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw)
• 1997-2002: LL.B (summa cum laude), Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw

 

 

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Employment Details

University employment

• January 2012-present: Trinity College Dublin-lecturer in EU Aviation Law on LLM course
• September 2011 – present: Griffith College Dublin-lecturer in Media Law on LLB course
• March 2011 - National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Department of Law- lecturer in EU Competition Law for 2nd year students
• Spring semester 2009 – present: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Department of Chemistry - lecturer in Legislation and Medicine Licensing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• 2006 – present: School of Law, Trinity College Dublin- seminar tutor in European Union Law

 

Other employment

• February 2010 – November 2010: Research Assistant for the Sales Law Review Group within the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
• November 2004 – November 2005: legal consultant in the EU & Competition department of the A&L Goodbody law firm, Dublin
• May 2004 – August 2004: internship within the EU & Competition Law group of the Hammonds law firm, Brussels
• October 2003 – February 2004: stage within the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, Media Unit
• July 2003 – September 2003: internship within the EU & Competition law department of the Linklaters law firm, Brussels
• February 2003 – September 2004: legal consultant for Linx Telecommunications B.V., Amsterdam
• October 2001 – June 2002: volunteer in the Clinic of Law – Free Legal Advise Centre, Labour Law Section (Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw)
• October 2001 – July 2002: legal assistant in the Krzysztof Kaczmarek Law Office, Warsaw
• July 2001 – August 2001: internship within Baker & McKenzie law firm, Warsaw

 

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Memberships /Associations

 

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Publications

Book	Komorek, Media Pluralism and European Law, Kluwer Law International	2012	Forthcoming
Chapter in a book	Komorek “European Standards of Media Pluralism”, in D. Bychawska-Swiniarska (ed.) Media Ownership, Freedom of Expression and the Denocratic debate, proceeds from the international conference, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (2011)	2011
Articles	·       Komorek, “Legal protection of media pluralism at national level. A look at the United Kingdom and Ireland”, Hibernian Law Journal, Volume 9 (2009-2010)	2010
	·       Komorek, “The European Commission's ‘Three-Step Approach’ to Media Pluralism – a Conduit for the Protection of Freedom of Expression in the European Union?”, Amsterdam Law Forum, Vol 2, No 1 (2009)	2009
	·       Komorek, “Is media pluralism a human right? The European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the issue of media pluralism”, European Human Rights Law Review, Issue 3/2009	2009
	·       Komorek, McCarthy, “Don’t Look or Don’t Use dilemma. A Comparative Study of Legal Professional Privilege under European and Irish Competition Law”, Irish Journal of European Law, 13(No 1) (2006), 115-128	2006
	·       Komorek, “European attempts to control media concentrations. Persisitng conflict of interests”, Hibernian Law Journal, Volume 5, (2004/2005 ), 53-83	2005

 

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