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JUDr. Jan Exner, Ph.D.
Email: jan.exner@brizatrubac.cz
Specializations
Education
- Charles University Faculty of Law (Master in 2016, Juris Doctor in 2018, Ph.D. in 2022)
- Executive Masters in Sport Organizations Management (KU Leuven, 2021)
- Diplôme d'Études du Droit de l'Union Européenne (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, 2015)
Other study visits
- Erasmus (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, 2014-2015)
- International Olympic Academy (2011)
Awards and scholarships
- Bolzano Prize for the best dissertation of Charles University in the social science category, dissertation Fight against Doping in Sport in Interaction with European Union Law: Proportionality of Ineligibility and Anti-Doping Education (2023)
- Faculty of Law of Charles University Praemium Excellentiae Award (outstanding creative result: dissertation, 2022, best teacher, 2021, outstanding creative result: monograph Sporting Nationality in the Context of European Union Law, 2019)
- Winning the Czech-Slovak Law Competition for the best student thesis (2013, 2015, 2019)
Language of provided services
- Czech
- English
- French
Vocational exams
- Bar exam
Membership in professional organisations
- Lecturer at the European Law Department of the Charles University Faculty of Law
- Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne
- Member of the Commission for European Law of the Legislative Council of the Government
- Member of the Czech Society for European and Comparative Law
Past working experience
- Czech Olympic Committee
- Czech Anti-Doping Committee
- World Aquatics (formerly FINA)
- International Orienteering Federation
- Office of the Government Agent for Representation of the Czech Republic before the CJEU
Jan is an attorney-at-law specializing in sports law and EU law. He has extensive practical and theoretical experience in these areas.
Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked for a number of years as a lawyer or arbitrator in the environment of sports organisations, in particular the Czech Olympic Committee and the World Aquatics.
In addition, he is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Charles University.
Selected publications
- Fight Against Doping, Good Governance, and Education: What are the Roles and Responsibilities of the Czech Olympic Committee? (Sports Law, Policy and Diplomacy Journal, 2023)
- Smlouva o Evropské unii. Smlouva o fungování Evropské unie. Listina základních práv EU. Komentář [Treaty on European Union. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Commentary.] (Wolters Kluwer, 2022, member of the author’s collective, Articles 165 a 166 SFEU)
- Intent, Substances of Abuse, Aggravating Circumstances, Protected Persons and Recreational Athletes: Does the World Anti-Doping Code 2021 Provide Proportionate Sanctions? (International Sports Law Journal, 2022)
- Právo Evropské unie [Law of the European Union] (Leges, 2021, member of the author’s collective)
- Fixed Sanction Frameworks in the World Anti-Doping Codes 2015 and 2021: Can Hearing Panels Go Below the Limits in the Pursuit of Proportionate Punishments? (International Sports Law Journal, 2020)
- Sporting Nationality in the Context of European Union Law (Heidelberg: Springer, 2019)
- Anti-Doping and Athletes’ Rights under EU Law: Four-Year Period of Ineligibility as Disproportionate Sanction? (International Sports Law Journal, 2018)
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