Katarina (Katra) Zajc (born January 31, 1967) is a law professor at the University of Ljubljana, and a former alpine skier from

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. Zajc graduated from University of Ljubljana, where she earned her bachelor's degree in law. She continued her studies in the USA, where she received an

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degree from

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and a

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in economics from

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. At George Mason University, she received a Snavely Award for being the best PhD student in economics. Zajc is currently a full professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana, where she is the President of the Chair of Law and Economics. In 2009, she started a six-year member term on the Judicial Council of Slovenia. In 2009-10, Zajc was a visiting professor at

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. Earlier in her career, she was also an arbiter at the Permanent Arbitrage at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, a lecturer at the Police Academy in Slovenia, a research and teaching assistant at George Mason University, USA, and a researcher at the Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies,

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. In 1988, she represented

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as an alpine skier in the Winter Olympics in

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World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

References

External links

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;Interviews
Dr Katarina Zajc: I Would Vote for Romney, not Obama
(Slovene). Reporter.si. October 25, 2012.
A skier from the golden age who is now a law professor
(Slovene). SiolNET. January 23, 2018. 1967 births Living people Slovenian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Yugoslavia Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian women lawyers Yale Law School alumni George Mason University alumni 20th-century Slovenian economists Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana 20th-century Slovenian lawyers 21st-century Slovenian lawyers 21st-century Slovenian economists 20th-century women lawyers 21st-century women lawyers {{Slovenia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub