dr Paweł Lesiński

Personal information

Born in 1991 in Lublin, he graduated from the local Stanisław Staszic High School No. 1. He obtained a master's degree in law and subsequently completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration of UMCS. He has been employed as a member of the research and teaching staff at the Faculty of Law and Administration since 2017. In 2020 he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “The state in the thought of Robert von Mohl” with distinction (doctoral dissertation supervisor: PhD Małgorzata Łuszczyńska, Professor at UMCS).

An attorney-at-law. In 2019 he completed the attorney-at-law training at the Lublin Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law and successfully passed the state examination for attorneys-at-law. He was entered on the list of attorneys-at-law of the Lublin Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law.

In 2018 he was granted a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research stay at the Institute for Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, and the Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Heidelberg (research supervisor: Professor Martin Borowski, PhD). He also completed research stays at the Staatsbibliotek zu Berlin (twice in 2016) and the Bibliothek des Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte (in 2019).

In 2019 as part of the PRELUDIUM 15 competition organized by the National Science Center he received a grant for the implementation of a research project entitled “At the origins of German liberalism: The state in the thought of Robert von Mohl”.

During his doctoral studies he received multiple scholarships awarded by the Rector of UMCS. He also received a scholarship from the municipal scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students, awarded by the Mayor of Lublin.

An active participant of scientific conferences at the national and international level. The author of numerous scientific articles and chapters in monographs. He is the mentor to the Students' Scientific Association of Political and Legal Doctrines at the Faculty of Law and Administration.

A member of the Education Quality Team at the Faculty of Law and Administration and the Disciplinary Proceedings Representative for the students of UMCS (2021-2024).

A graduate of the Dethloff Deutschschule and the Alliance Francaise de Lublin. He speaks English (Telc C1 certificate), German (Goethe-Zertiffikat B2) and French (DELF B2).

Privately, he is passionate about 20th century history and politics, modernist architecture, and dogs of all breeds.


Scientific Activity

In his research activity he focuses on the issues of German law and German political and legal thought. His scientific interests include, in particular, the concepts of German liberalism and the welfare state. He is also interested in the ideas contained in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.