FRÉDÉRIC BERNARD
OF COUNSEL
Personal information
Date of birth : 21.01.1979
Working languages : French, English, German, Spanish
e-mail : f.bernard@siegrist-lazzarotto.ch
Training
Law degree, University of Geneva
Diploma of further studies in law of obligations (Natural causality), University of Geneva
Doctorate in constitutional law (The state of law in the face of terrorism),University of Geneva
Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley, School of Law (Research topic : The Legitimacy of Judicial Review)
Called to the bar, Geneva
Career path
Research and teaching assistant, Department of law of obligations, University of Geneva (2002-2004)
Academic coordinator of the Certificate of continuing education in human rights, University of Geneva (2005-2009)
Research and teaching assistant at the department of constitutional law, University of Geneva (2005-2009)
Member of the Appeal panel of the University of Geneva (2006-2008)
Firm of SIEGRIST & LAZZAROTTO (2011-2013), trainee lawyer
Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of law at the University of Geneva (Teaching : "Human rights") (2014)
SIEGRIST & LAZZAROTTO (from 1st March 2013 to June 2019), associate
Of Counsel at SIEGRIST & LAZZAROTTO (from July 2019)
Professor at Geneva University - department of administrative law (from September 2019)
Other professional activities
Member of the Commission for Innovations and Modernisation of the Bar (CIMBAR) of the Geneva Bar Association
Participant in the certificate of continuing education in human rights at the University of Geneva (Theme : "The fight against terrorism and human rights")
Member of the Academic committee, Colloquium on human rights, University of Geneva (President of the Committee since 2015)
Teaching
Professor at Geneva University - department of administrative law
External instructor at the Geneva centre for police training (Teaching: "Human rights")
Lecturer at the Global Studies Institute at the University of Geneva (Teaching: "European human rights legislation")
