Dafina Bucaj, CIPP/US, CIPM

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Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Attorney

Dafina Bucaj is a Legal and Privacy Consultant, with more than 10 years of experience in various fields of law and policy. She has advised government, legislature and other governmental agencies on significant judicial reforms and policy changes. 

Her work experiences include working as a Legal Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice of Kosovo, being an Assistant lecturer on the Department of International Law by the University of Prishtina – Faculty of Law (Kosovo), as well as Legal Expert working with international organizations (OSCE, UNDP, USAID) and local CSO’s. 

She is currently a Doctor of Juridical Sciences Degree (SJD) candidate at the Loyola Law School | Los Angeles (2018-2021), and her research focuses on “The International Responsibility of States for harmful activities by non-state actors in cyberspace”.

Throughout the years her research interests have included a variety of field such as public international law, international criminal law, legal policy and most recently the law on cyberspace. These interests have been displayed in various publications and conference participations the most recent being an entry on Cyber Conflict in the he Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies.