One year ago, while watching the sun-drenched new Hollywood classics La La Land, I could barely imagine myself backpacking across the United States, learning the best practices of American animal defenders, watching live-stage Broadway musicals or eating the most delicious cheesecake in the world - at the legendary Brooklyn Junior's...
Anyhow, what must be a dream for any ambitious twenty-something Ukrainian professional came true for me, and in 2017 I had an honor to participate in Professional Fellowship Program (legislative cohort) - a six-week intensive visit to the US to learn the finest experience of policy-making from American civil society, the real-life challenges for liberal democracies and embrace a new fascinating culture.
This program is administered by American Councils for International Education and generously supported by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. And, of course, my journey would surely not happen without a letter of recommendation from Dr. Dmytro Vovk, whose dedicated work is a true inspiration for us at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and far beyond.
