KRZYSZTOF KOLAKOWSKI received his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law where he received the Graduation Award, an award that has recognized an outstanding LL.M. student every year since 2017. While in law school, he served as vice president of the Graduate Law Students Association and as a board member and LL.M. representative for the Lambda Law Alliance. Krzysztof also worked on the organization of the Ele(Q)t Project Symposium dedicated to promoting LGBTQ+ political candidates. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he served as a staff editor on the Intellectual Property & Technology Forum.
Prior to coming to the U.S., Krzysztof practiced at law firms in Poland and was an in-house lawyer for an international logistics company. His practice in Europe included transactional, corporate, and personal data privacy matters.