Courses/Current Research
- International law
- International organizations
- International tribunals, war crimes
- International legal theory and foreign investment
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
- Magdalen College, Oxford University, B.A., 1979
- Harvard College, B.A., 1977
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Detailed Biography:
B.A., Harvard, 1977; B.A., Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1979; J.D., Harvard, 1981. Law clerk to Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1981-82. In private practice at Shea & Gardner, 1982-83. Attorney-adviser, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser, 1983-88. Adjunct professor, Georgetown Law Center, 1983-88; assistant professor, George Washington University, National Law Center, 1989-93; professor, University of Michigan Law School, 1994-99. International affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, 1989-90. Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law and Journal of International Criminal Justice. Member, Council on Foreign Relations and Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law. Principal areas of publishing and teaching: international law, especially international organizations; international tribunals; war crimes; international legal theory; and foreign investment.
Director of the Center on Global Legal Problems. (For more details on the Center, go to http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/global_legal .)
Office hours change weekly. Check sign-up sheet on Prof. Alvarez's door for available days and times.
