Sofia Katelchuk took part in the 3rd Yulia Shevchenko National Debates on Criminal Law

On November 1-2, the final round of the 3rd Yulia Shevchenko National Debates on Criminal Law was held at the premises of the High Anti-Corruption Court.

Twelve teams participated in the debates, comprising 35 participants from various universities in Ukraine.

The Faculty of Law of Lesya Ukrainka National University was represented by Sofia Kotelchuk.

The judges in the debates were: Oleksiy Horokh, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal and Criminal Procedure Law of NAUKMA; Andriy Fortunenko, attorney, partner in the dispute resolution practice and head of the business protection practice of AVELLUM; Iulian Munteanu, attorney in the criminal practice of the law firm Riyako&Partners

The victory was won by the team "EGVI", Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Sofia Kotelchuk and her team advanced to the quarterfinals.

The competition also had a charitable purpose. After all, 30% of the funds collected from organizational contributions will be transferred to the family of the deceased defender of Ukraine Yulia Shechenko.

Yulia Shevchenko is a postgraduate student of the Yaroslav Mudryi National University of Law, the winner of the "Anti-Corruption Landing" project, an employee of the NACP, who actively helped law students. She died on July 30, 2023 in the Zaporizhia direction, defending Ukraine from Russian invaders.