Ivan Modrić

He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb in 2025 summa cum laude, having defended his thesis on the legal regulation of aircraft leasing. During his studies, he worked as a teaching assistant at the Department of Criminal Procedural Law and the Department of Economic Sciences, and was the recipient of the Dean’s and Rector’s Awards for socially beneficial work, as well as a Dean’s Award for the best academic achievement in the third and fourth year of his studies. For three consecutive years, he was a recipient of the Zlatko Crnić Foundation Scholarship, which awards approximately ten of the best law students from all law faculties in the Republic of Croatia.

During his studies, he spent a semester at the prestigious Koç University in Istanbul as part of the ERASMUS+ programme. He served as President of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA Zagreb), was a member of the editorial board of the Vox Studentium journal, and represented the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb at the XVIII Regional Moot Court Competition before the European Court of Human Rights. Ivan was also active in student bodies at the faculty and university level, serving as a member of the Student Council and the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb, as well as Deputy Student Ombudsman of the University of Zagreb. After graduating, he worked for a period as a trainee lawyer at a well-regarded law firm in Zagreb.

He is an Assistant in the fields of civil law and civil procedural law and is enrolled in a doctoral programme in civil procedural law.