About me

Jakub Nyziak, attorney

I am a graduate of law and administrative studies at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Between 2021 and 2023, I served my legal training at the Bar Association in Wrocław and passed the bar exam. Currently, I am an attorney affiliated with the Bar Association in Łódź.

I gained my professional experience, among other things, during my several years’ work as an law clerk in the District Court in Sieradz, where I cooperated with judges from the criminal division (within the scope of first and second instance) and the civil division (within the scope of first instance, divorce section and second instance). Since my studies, I have also practised in large law firms, courts and state and local government offices.

I also develop my interests in the area of legal sciences as an academic teacher at the Department of Penitentiary Law and Policy of the Institute of Penitentiary Studies at the Academy of Justice in Kalisz and Warsaw, where I conduct classes, among others, for future Prison Service officers.

I have also gained experience in the functioning of the Polish legal system as a permanent associate of the Centre for Strategic Analyses of the Justice Institute in Warsaw, where I was responsible, among other things, for the coordination of educational projects related to strategic management and social communication.

For more than 10 years, I have been an associate of numerous patriotic and civic NGOs from all over Poland, where I have been involved, among other things, as an expert, creator of reports and analyses, moderator, convener, as well as project coordinator and volunteer. From 2018 to 2021, I was a member of the board of the Przyszłość Pokoleń Foundation, where I was responsible for, among other things, legal issues, legal education training and the creation of reports and analyses. As part of my activities in the third sector, I have cooperated with, among others, universities, the National School of Public Administration, chief authority of the public administration and local government units.

I have also been actively involved in alternative dispute resolution for several years, particularly through mediation. Since 2019, I have been a permanent court mediator included in the lists maintained by the presidents of district courts in several Polish cities. In 2022, I was appointed as a mediator at the Mediation Centre of the Court of Arbitration at the Financial Supervision Commission, a position I am now serving for the second term.

The unique course of my career so far has allowed me to get to know the justice system from probably all perspectives. This is:

1. legal representation – as an advocate representing my clients;
2. procedural authority – as an judge assistant;
3. consensual, ‘alongside’ the course of proceedings – as a mediator;
4. scientific-didactic – as a university lecturer at the Academy of Justice;
5. analytical-expertise – as an associate of the Institute of Justice and NGOs with a legal think-tank profile;
6. the party – as a citizen whose cases have been before the courts and prosecutors’ offices.