This full-day training (10.30-16.45) will be conducted by Mr.  Dragan Ivetic and will cover trial advocacy skills including examination-in-chief and cross-examination. 

Mr. Ivetic received a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Northwestern University in 1996 and went on to the University of Illinois College of Law where he received a J.D. in 1999. He is a licensed lawyer in the State of Illinois, recognized to practice before the ICTY, the MICT and the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Initially he practiced as an Associate Attorney at McBreen & Kopko, a multi-state law firm based in Chicago. His practice at that firm included working on cases before the ICTY, as well as serving as outside counsel for General Motors Corporation, and representing both individuals and companies before Illinois Courts.

He continued his career as a Member Attorney of Ostojic and Scudder LLC, a Chicago based law firm, which handled cases from around the world on topics that ranged from criminal law to insurance law and tort law. Mr. Ivetić is now a solo-practitioner, who since 2006 has practiced exclusively before the ICTY and the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Ivetić has been involved in several cases at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia since 1998. He is currently the Co-Counsel to General Ratko Mladić. Further Dragan Ivetić has been a Co-Counsel for Dušan Fuštar, Sreten Lukić and for Milan Lukić, at the ICTY, and continued to represent these same individuals before the MICT and State Court of BiH. He also recently served as Legal Consultant for Valentin Ćorić in Prosecutor vs. Prlić et al.

Mr. Ivetić is a former Vice-President of the ADC-ICT and is a current member of the ADC-ICT Training Committee.