Stefan Bakrachev

EDUCATION

• 2024 – present – Student at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Law, 3rd year.
• 2019 – 2024 – First English Language School, specialising in English, Russian, Bulgarian and History.
• Certificate of participation in the “Winter ELSA Law School on New Technologies and AI Law” – ELSA Brussels and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 22 February – 1 March 2026.
• Certificate of participation in the “Summer ELSA Law School on Dispute Resolutions” – ELSA Vienna and the University of Vienna, 5 – 12 July 2026.
• Certificate “For Enhancing the Prestige of the Student Community through Participation in the Student Scientific Readings” – Theodor Piperkov Lawyers’ Club and the Faculty of Law of Sofia University, 13 December 2025.
• Award “ELSA-LexisNexis Rule of Law Award” – winner of an essay competition, 9 July 2025.

PUBLICATIONS

• 2025 – “Populism and the Rule of Law: Why Law Must Resist Ideology to Remain Law”, ELSA Law Review, Vol. XVI (“75 Years on Shaping the European Convention on Human Rights – Shaping Human Rights in Europe and Beyond”), pp. 110 – 119. Link to the volume.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• 2024 – 2025 – Secretary of a Working Group at the National Youth Forum.
• 2024 – present – Member of ELSA (European Law Students’ Association) Bulgaria.
• 2024 – 2025 – Director for Seminars and Conferences, ELSA Bulgaria.