Fields of practice
Maarja specializes in Dispute Resolution, Data Protection, IP & Media and Corporate & Commercial Law
Professional experience
2017 -… visiting lecturer, subject “Privacy and Data Protection” at University of Tartu (IT Law master’s studies program)
2017 -… Associate at TRINITI law firm
2013 Lawyer at TRINITI law firm
2012 and 2013 Internship at TRINITI law firm
2012 Intern at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice in Estonia
2011 Intern at Tartu County Court
Professional Membership
Member of the Estonian Bar Association since 2017
2010 – … Estonian Debating Society
2015 – … Saint Petersburg University Moot Court Society
2017-2018 Estonian National Youth Council (member of the supervisory board)
Education
In 2016 Maarja graduated cum laude from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu, Estonia. Title of her thesis was: „Applicability of the Law of Obligations Remedies for Social Media Defamation Cases on the Example of Facebook“
2014-2015 Maarja was an exchange student in the Russian Federation, faculty of law of the St Petersburg State University
In 2013 Maarja participated in the summer school “European Private Law” at the University of Salzburg, Austria
2015 Maarja represented the Russian Federation in the United States at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
2014 Maarja’s team won the Estonian Moot Court Competition and Maarja was elected the best orator of the competition
2013 Maarja represented Estonia at the Telders International Law Moot Court competition held in the Netherlands, where on behalf of the Respondent in the Oral Argumentation, she placed second
Publications
- Pild, Maarja; Turk, Karmen (2019). With, or Without a Kratt – That Is the Question. A Civil Law View of Robots and Artificial Intelligence. Juridica, 1, 43-55.
- Pild, Maarja (2016). Applying Legal Remedies under the Law of Obligations in Case of Defamation in Social Media. Example of Facebook. Juridica, 5, 303-312.
Languages
Maarja’s native language is Estonian and she is fluent in Russian and English
Extra-curricular
2015-2016 Coach for the Russian representative team at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, held in United States
2013-2014 Coach for the Estonian representative team at the Telders International Law Moot Court, held in the Netherlands, where the team won the competition on behalf of the Applicant
2012-2013 President of the debate club of the University of Tartu