Doctor of Laws (University of Latvia, 2020)
Doctoral Erasmus+ exchange (Lund University in Sweden, 2019)
Master of Laws (University of Latvia, 2014)
Significant Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Riga Graduate School of Law, 2026 – Present
- Assistant Professor (Docent), Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023 – 2026
- Sworn Advocate, 2024 – Present
- Judicial Counsellor, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, 2021–2024
- Visiting lecturer, visiting docent, Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018 – 2023
- Judicial Counsellor, Supreme Court, the Department of Civil Cases, 2020 – 2021
- Liaison officer, Supreme Court of Latvia – Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the EU, 2014 – 2021
- Judicial Counsellor, Supreme Court, the Analytical Unit of the Supreme Court, 2016 – 2020
- Judge's Assistant, Supreme Court, the Department of the Administrative Cases, 2014 – 2016
- Consultant, Supreme Court, the Department of the Administrative Cases, 2012 – 2014
- Internship at University of Eastern Finland; Supreme Court of the Czech Republic; Supreme Court of Lithuania; Lund University (2014-2020)
- Delivered guest lectures on administrative law and data protection at Lund University (Sweden), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Noroff University College (Norway), and Uppsala University (Sweden).
Current research
- Administrative law and Procedure
- Data Protection and Privacy
- Nord-Baltic cooperation
- Court Administration and Fair Trial
- Supervision of Economic Entities
Main publications
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs. "Recognition of Foreign Administrative Acts in the Baltic States and Digitalisation Perspectives." Baltic Journal of Law & Politics 18.2 (2026): 19-36.
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs. "Commercial Registers as Administrative Databases: Balancing Public Accessibility and Privacy." Białostockie Studia Prawnicze 31.1 (2026): 179-196.
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs. “Compensation for Non-Material Damage in the Form of an Apology under the GDPR: Damage from a Viral Video Posted Online.” European Data Protection Law Review, vol. 11.3 (2025): 355–360.
- Eiropas Savienības tiesības. I daļa. Institucionālās tiesības. Trešais papildinātais izdevums. K.Gailīša, A.Bukas, C.Schewe zin.red. (Gailītis K. Potaičuks "Eiropas Savienības tiesību īstenošana" un Buka A., Potaičuks A., Schewe C. "Prasības Eiropas Savienības tiesu institūcijās"). Rīga, Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2025.
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs, and Natalja Točelovska. “Latvia: New Latvian AI Regulatory Sandbox and Data Protection.” European Data Protection Law Review, 11.2 (2025):220–224.
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs, and Kristaps Tamužs. “Open Court Principle and Respecting Privacy: Granting Anonymity and Restricting Access to Case Files in Constitutional Court Review Procedure.” International Journal for Court Administration, 16.1 (2025): 1–14.
- Potaičuks, Aleksandrs. "Data Protection Under Review of Constitutional Court: Administrative Databases Directly Accessible to Public Authorities." TalTech Journal of European Studies 14.2 (2024).
- Kaplane, Anastasija, Aleksandrs Potaičuks. "Latvia". Grām.: Public Digitalisation in a legal perspective: Status, challenges and opportunities for Nordic-Baltic cooperation. Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd, 2024. ISSN 0908-6692
- Co-author of the book: Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia: Right to property. Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. Riga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2023. ISBN 978-9934-621-15-4
- Co-author of the book: Medical law. Second edition. Riga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2022. ISBN 978-9934-621-01-7
- Co-author of the book: Article 91 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia: the principle of legal equality. Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. Riga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2022. ISBN 978-9934-508-99-8
- Co-author of the EU Law Textbook: European Union Law. Part II. Substantial Law. Riga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2016. 978-9934-508-30-1
- Co-author of the EU Law Textbook: European Union Law. Part I. Institutional Law. Riga: Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2014. ISBN 978-9934-508-16-5.
International and national training programmes
- 2023: Lecturer in the intensive program of the Riga Graduate School of Law in European law and economics for the partner countries of the Eastern Partnership
- 2019: Latvian expert in the European Union project strengthening the institutional capacity of the Supreme Court of Ukraine in the field of human rights protection
Additional training
- 2025: completed a pedagogical course in the Open Network Learning program, organised by Karlstad University (Sweden), Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Finland), and ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland).
- 2023: Linköping University and Swedish Institute intensive course: Sustainable e-Governance for Resilient and Innovative Democratic Public Administration
- 2022: Lund University, Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Swedish Institute intensive course: Perspectives on Multi-level Governance, Decentralisation and Human Rights
- 2020 – 2021: Academy of European Law (ERA) courses in EU State Aid Litigation; Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Cross-border inheritance in the EU; Digital forensics; European Tax Law with a Special Focus on Value Added Tax; European Company Law and Trade Secrets