Educational background

1989-1993 - High School (with the extended program of English language), Cracow, Poland

1994-1998 - Law studies, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland (studies completed with the special distinction for the best students; master’s diploma thesis on Umowy franchisingowe w świetle prawa konurencji Wspólnoty Europejskiej i Polski [Franchise agreements in the European Community and Polish competition laws] received a distinction in the LUMINARZ National Contest of the best master's diploma thesis in the area of the European law (1999))

1998-2002- Ph.D. studies, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (at the Chair of European Law), Poland

2004 – defence of the PhD thesis on Relacja między instytucjami Wspólnoty Europejskiej a organami państw członkowskich w dziedzinie ochrony konkurencji [The relationship between European Community institutions and the authorities of the Member States in the protection of competition]

1999-2003 trainee attorney-at-law, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Krakowie)

Work experience

1998-2002 – Ph.D. student at the Chair of European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Cracow

since 1998 – lectures and workshops on many aspects of the European law for various audiences, e.g judges of civil and administrative courts, prosecutors, trainees in the legal professions, civil service officers, businessmen, in particular workshops on fundamental principles of EC law, preliminary rulings of the ECJ and competition law for attorneys-at-law within the Project “Attorneys-at-law from Małopolska before the courts of the European Union” (1st and 2nd edition, 2009-2011, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow), lectures and seminars for trainee attorneys-at-law on EU law (2012-2015, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Katowice), lectures and seminars for trainee attorneys-at-law on EU law and international protection of human rights (since 2010, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow).

2002-2008 – research assistant at the Chair of European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, courses for students: constitutional law of the European Community and the European Union; cooperation between EU and Member States’ institutions; implementation of the EU law by national courts and administrative bodies; economic law of the EC and the EU, in particular competition law.

2003-2014 – attorney-at-law at the own law firm

2003-2014 – attorney-at-law at the own law firm

2003-2012 – lecturer at the Postgraduate School of the European Law (Podyplomowe Studium Prawa Europejskiego) at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University.

since 2009 – attorney-at-law at the administrative offices:

• at the Tax Office in Olkusz (III-XII 2009)
• at the Customs Chamber in Cracow (V 2009-III 2017 – due to the transformation of the Chamber into the National Fiscal Administration)
• at Chamber of Revenue Administration (since 1 III 2017) which is the part of National Fiscal Administration

2011-2012 – lecturer at the Economic University in Cracow, course for students on “Administration of supranational institutions”

since 2014 – assistant professor at the Institute of Law and Economics (formerly Institute of the Political Science) of the Pedagogical University of Cracow.

since 2020 until now – Vice Director for Teaching and Student Affairs at the Institute of Law and Economics (formerly Institute of the Political Science) of the Pedagogical University of Cracow.

Publications

1. Reguły konkurencji Wspólnoty Europejskiej dotyczące porozumień pionowych (stan obecny i projekt zmian) [Competition rules of the European Community concerning vertical agreements (the present regulation and the proposals for reform)], Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego [Review of Economic Legislation], 2000 No. 1
2. Zakres kompetencji sądów krajowych w dziedzinie wspólnotowego prawa konkurencji (kilka uwag na temat bezpośredniej skuteczności art. 81 i 82 Traktatu ustanawiającego Wspólnotę Europejską) [The scope of national courts' competencies in the area of Community competition law (some remarks on direct effectiveness of Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishing the European Community)], [in:] Studia z prawa Unii Europejskiej [Study on European Union Law], St. Biernat-ed., Wydawnictwo UJ, Kraków 2000, pp. 407-423, ISBN 83-233-1383-0
3. Dochodzenie przed sądami krajowymi praw wynikających z naruszenia wspólnotowych reguł konkurencji [Vindication in proceedings before the national courts of the rights corresponded with the obligations established in Community competition rules], Kwartalnik Prawa Publicznego [Public Law Quarterly] 2001 No 4, pp. 7-49
4. Relacja między prawem konkurencji Wspólnoty Europejskiej a prawem konkurencji państw członkowskich [The relationship between European Community and Member States' competition law], Przegląd Prawa Europejskiego [European Law Review] 2003 No 1, pp. 21-34
5. Komentarze do art. 81 i 83 TWE (w części dotyczącej sankcji za naruszenie art. 81 i 82 TWE) [Commentaries on Articles 81 and 83 of the EC Treaty (as regards consequences of their infringements)], [w:] Traktat ustanawiający Wspólnotę Europejską. Komentarz, tom II [Treaty establishing the European Community. Commentary, vol. II], A. Wróbel – ed., Wydawnictwo Wolters Kluwer Polska sp. z o.o., Warszawa 2009, pp. 370-395 i 492-495, ISBN 978-83-7601-079-3
6. Prawo konkurencji Unii Europejskiej [Competition law of the European Union], [w:] Małopolski Radca Prawny przed sądami Unii Europejskiej. Procedura postępowania przed sądami Unii Europejskiej – wykłady [Attorneys-at-law from Małopolska before the courts of the European Union. The procedure of the European Union courts - lectures], S. Bielański – ed., Nasza Oficyna 2010, pp. 65-84, ISBN 978-83-917919-2-9
7. Małopolski Radca Prawny przed sądami Unii Europejskiej – II edycja. Procedura postępowania przed sądami Unii Europejskiej – wykłady [Attorneys-at-law from Małopolska before the courts of the European Union – 2nd edition. Procedure of the European Union courts – lecturers], M. Skowrońska – ed. and the author of the chapters on Prawo konkurencji Unii Europejskiej [Competition law of the European Law] oraz Wprowadzenie [Introduction], Nasza Oficyna 2011, pp. 5-7 oraz 71-86, ISBN 978-83-917919-4-3
8. M. Skowrońska i M. Sala-Szczypiński, Wolność słowa i pisma przysługująca radcom prawnym przy wykonywaniu zawodu oraz konsekwencje jej nadużycia [Freedom of speech and writing of the attorneys-at-law during performance of their professional activities and the consequences of the abuse of the freedom], Radca prawny. Dodatek naukowy Prawo, Etyka i Świat [Attorney-at-law. Scintific Papers – Law, Ethics and World] 2014 No 154, pp. 2D-14D
9. Kilka uwag na temat obowiązku ustanowienia pełnomocnika do spraw doręczeń (art. 147 Ordynacji podatkowej) [Remarks on the obligation of declaring a delivery agent (Art. 147 of the Tax Ordinance Act)], Rocznik Administracji Publicznej [Public Administration Yearbook] 2015 No 1, pp. 66-94
10. Wykonywanie zawodu radcy prawnego w urzędzie państwowym [Practicing the profession of legal adviser in government offices], Radca prawny. Zeszyty naukowe, 2016 nr 4, s. 47-82 [Legal adviser. Scientific Papers 2016 no 4, pp. 47-82]
11. Przecięcie węzła gordyjskiego w dziedzinie hazardu – uwagi w związku z wyrokiem Trybunału Sprawiedliwości w sprawie G.M. i M.S. [Cutting the Gordian knot in the field of gambling – remarks in connection with the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the G.M. & M.S. case], Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2017 nr 1, s. 14-21 [European Judicial Review 2017 no 1, pp. 14-21]
12. Znaczenie Karty Praw Podstawowych UE w postępowaniu celnym [The role of the Charter of Fun,damental Rights of the EU in customs proceeding], Kwartalnik Prawa Publicznego [Public Law Quarterly] 2018 z. 5, s. 103-116
13. Ochrona środowiska w orzecznictwie Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka [The environmental protection in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights], p. 8-41, (in:) K. Sala, K. Kowalska, P. Nowak (ed.), Polityka ekologiczna [Environmental policy], Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie, Cracow 2018, ISBN 978-83-8084-153-6
14. Obowiązki państwa w sytuacji zagrożenia katastrofą środowiskową lub jej wystąpienia w kontekście prawa do życia [The duties of the state in the event of environmental disaster or its threat in the context of the right to life], p. 38-54, (in:) K. Sala, K. Kowalska, P. Nowak (ed.), Bezpieczeństwo ekologiczne [Ecological safety], Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie, Cracow 2019, ISBN 978-83-8084-244-1

​Additional information

• since 2019 - leader of the Research Team implementing the project on “Personal data protection in units of the higher education and science system”, operating at the Institute of Law, Administration and Economics
• 2016-2019 - key staff member (member of the teaching staff), Jean Monnet Module, National Public Administration and European Integration, 2016-2019; lectures and classes on “European data protection authorities”; workshops on certain aspects of the application of the EU law by Polish administrative bodies and courts;
• 2019 - organization (leader of the organizing committee) of the national scientific Conference on "Protection of personal data in the public sector", Cracow 17-18 X 2019
• since 2016 – delegate to the National Assembly of Attorneys-at-law
• since 2013 – member of the Council of the Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow
• since 2013 – President of the District Committee of the Visitors, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow
• 2014-2015 – member of the Examining Board in the Ministry of Justice for consideration of complaints of the trainee attorneys-at-law on the results of final examinations in 2014
• 2007-2010 – member of the District Disciplinary Court, Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law in Cracow
• since 2003 – professional title: attorney-at-law
• 2016 – member of the Committee responsible for preparation of the application for the right to confer doctoral degrees in the discipline of social studies in the field of safety, Institute of Political Science of the Pedagogical University of Cracow
• since 2015 – member of the Committee for the research, planning and evaluation of the promotional strategy of the Institute of Political Science of the Pedagogical University of Cracow
• 2015 - member of the Committee to create a degree in law, Institute of Political Science of the Pedagogical University of Cracow