In our last episode of Season 1, we will be talking with Volker Hirsch, former VP Marketing of ELSA International, served in the board that actually contracted the ELSA House located in Brussels. Volker is now a Venture investor at Amadeus Capital Partners (https://www.amadeuscapital.com/) investing in cutting-edge tech companies. Volker has extensive experience within the technology sector and he shares a lot of information about the sector within this episode!

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our new episode, we will be talking with Daniel Mark Azzopardi, former Treasurer of ELSA International. Daniel started his career in a law firm, then moved into a prestigious career in finance in HSBC, only to leave it a couple of years later. Daniel is now the Senior Director at Honest Food (https://www.honestfoodcompany.de/), a Berlin-based startup operating in the food tech sector. At the age of 34, he has already worked together with several startups, helping them to commence and expand their activities.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our new episode, we will be talking with Katia Roman-Trzaska, former President of ELSA Poland. She is currently running a cooking school for kids in Warsaw, a foundation that is helping kids in orphanages called “Recipe for Independence”. She helped her community by delivering soup to the people in need during COVID lockdown. She is also mentoring women who are willing to open up their own businesses. She has a beautiful story and she shares a lot of wisdom with us. Besides all that, she will make you see cooking in a completely new perspective.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our new episode, we will be talking with William Henry Byrnes (https://law.tamu.edu/faculty-staff/find-people/faculty-profiles/william-byrnes), a former member of ELSA Amsterdam, also a proud member of “Friends of Ed Club” (more on that in the episode). He is currently a leading Tax Law Professor at Texas A&M University, the largest public university in the United States, a registered journalist, a lecturer, and a consultant to governments and organizations in international tax law matters. He is an author of many books and newspaper articles also one of the first implementers of online education.

In this episode, William shares heartwarming ELSA memories but as well as very good writing advice for those who would like to pursue an academic career.

ELSA Anthem of the 90s:

David Alan Coe – “You Never Even Call Me By My Name”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYIrs1Dx4Ck

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our new episode, we will be talking with Pinar Karadeniz, former President of ELSA Turkey. She is currently a freelance legal interpreter translating between English, Turkish and Italian, also a columnist at the Interior Design Magazine, HomeArt writing about any subject she fancies that might interest magazine readers. She also worked as a lawyer, as a supply chain manager and lived in several countries besides Turkey, such as Italy, Romania, and Uganda.

“Why some of us don’t have one true calling” by Emilie Wapnick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZdcB6bjI8&t=321s

Turkish words used:

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı – Ministry of Education

muafiyet – exemption

Yurtdışı Çıkış Harcı – Departure Fee (a fee that Turkısh Nationals have to pay to the government whenever they travel abroad)

Genel Yayın Yönetmeni – Editor in Chief

Ormandede Lavanta Parkı – Ormandede Lavender Park

Taş Ustalığı – Stone Masonry

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our third episode, we will be talking with Erik Vrij, Founder of ELSA SPEL (Selected Papers on European Law), the academic publication of ELSA International, which is now called ELSA Law Review. Erik is now based in Abu Dhabi, UAE working for the First Abu Dhabi Bank (https://www.bankfab.com/en-ae/personal) as the Head of Legal of Corporate & Transactional Banking. Before moving to Arab World, he worked at ING Amsterdam and ING the Netherlands in different departments. He has extensive knowledge of legal aspects of finance and he unveils the secrets of the banking world for us normal citizens in this episode.

Furthermore, he also gives valuable advice to law students or recent graduates, he talks about his writing career and upcoming publishing projects.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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In our second episode, we will be talking with Bettina Kuperman, President of ELSA International 2002/2003. Based in Istanbul, Turkey, she is an expert in business development within emerging markets. She is currently the Senior Director and Founder of K+S Global and the Business Development Director of the Azerbaijani company, iTicket Global both operating in the entertainment and sports industries.

In this episode, we are talking about Bettina’s journey from Denmark to Istanbul, her experience with high-profile figures such as the Obamas, Oprah, Jennifer Lopez, and her marriage with Turkish musician and frontman of the famous rock band ‘MaNga’, Ferman Akgul. This episode is one not to be missed.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of the ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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Here in our very first episode, we will be talking with Patrick Oliver, Secretary-General of ELSA International 1990, President of ELSA International 1991, the founder and the current President ELSA Alumni. He is also holding the position of Executive Director of IP2Innovate (http://ip2innovate.eu/) based in Brussels, Belgium. This interview supposed to be about his career, but then it took a sweet turn.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), a member of the ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is a lawyer and currently finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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With this season, we will bring you to the world of our beloved ELSA Alumni Network consist of people contributed to the European Law Students’ Association and now continuing their career journeys in the most astonishing places.

Hosted by Ayşe Elif Yıldırım (@aeyildirim88), member of the ELSA International Board of 2010/2011. She is currently a lawyer registered at the Istanbul Bar Association and a scholar finalizing her doctoral studies in Lisbon, Portugal under the scholarship of the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology. In her free time, she likes to get creative.

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