Some of them were on traineeships in foreign countries. Professor Alexey Klishin, Chairman of the Presidium, Head of MGIMO Advocacy Chair, author of articles and monographs on international law, lectured in US universities.

Professor Andrey Shugaev, Honored Advocate of the Russian Federation, K&P Scientific Advisor, is a lecturer of the MGIMO Advocacy Chair and the author of numerous academic papers. He also lectured in several US universities.

Vladimir Entin, Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Legal Protection, worked in 1992-1994 as Representative of the Russian Agency for Intellectual Property in France, Great Britain and Benelux countries. Later he worked as the First Secretary of the Permanent Delegation of the Russian Federation to UNESCO (Paris) and lectured in Sorbonne. At present he is also a lecturer of MGIMO Advocacy Chair and the author of numerous academic papers.