Matthew Waxman

Associate Professor of Law

Office: Jerome Greene Hall, Room 914
435 W. 116 Street, Box D-2
New York NY 10027
Tel: 212-854-0592
Email: mwaxma@law.columbia.edu

Assistant Info

Name: Rachel Jones
Phone: 212-854-7594
Email: rjones3@law.columbia.edu
Education

  • B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and International Studies (1994), Phi Beta Kappa, Yale
  • Fulbright Scholar, Department of War Studies, (1994-95), Kings College, London
  • J.D. (1999), Yale

Biography

Matthew Waxman, an expert in the domestic and international legal aspects of fighting terrorism, holds a J.D. from Yale Law School. He clerked for Associate Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter and Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and served in senior positions at the U.S. State Department, Department of Defense and National Security Council. Professor Waxman was a Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, where he studied international relations. He authored several books on the use of military force as an instrument of American foreign policy.