Ph.D. Candidate, University of Gothenburg Country of Origin: Sweden Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Petros Mavroidis Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B. and LL.M., Lund University, 2004; B.A., History, University of Gothenburg, 2008 Field of Expertise: WTO Law, Public International Law, EC Law Current Research: Risk Regulation and International TradeEmail Address: jahman@law.columbia.edu
Sayyedjalaledin Alavisabzevari
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Neuchatel Country of Origin: Iran Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Petros Mavroidis Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: B.A., International Relations, School of International Relations Tehran, 1994; M.A., International Public Law, University of Tehran, 1998 Field of Expertise: The Law and Policy of WTO Current Research: Legal Advocacy Ststem for Developing Countries in WTO Email Address: salavi@law.columbia.edu
Paolo Bertoli
Faculty, Lecturer, University of Insubria, Como Country of Origin: Italy Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Hans Smit Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Law Degree, University of Milan, 2001; Ph.D., International Law University of Milan, 2005; Field of Expertise: Conflict of Laws, EU Laws Current Research: Law Applicable to non-contractual obligations and the EU internal market Email Address: pberto@law.columbia.edu
Christopher Boog
Attorney, Ph.D. Candidate, Univresity of Zurich
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Hans Smit
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Master of Law, University of Friborg Law School, 2002 Field of Expertise: International Commercial Arbitration, International Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws Current Research: Enforcement of interim measures issued by state courts and arbitral tribunals in connection with international commercial arbitration proceedings; recent ammendment to UNCITRAL Model Law
Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University Country of Origin: United States Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visitng Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Katherine Franke Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: fchaud@law.columbia.edu
Xijun Cui
Ph.D. Candidate, Nankai University, School of Economics Country of Origin: PRC Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009 - Fall-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Karl Sauvant Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Bachelor of Economics, Shandong University of Technology, 2004; Master of Economics, Shandong University of Technology, 2007; Field of Expertise: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Theory and Policy Current Research: Inward FDI and China's Economic Development: the Effects of Local Financial Market Email Address: xcui@law.columbia.edu
Angelos Dimopoulos
Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute
Country of Origin: Italy
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Gibson
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B., Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, 2003; MLE, University of Hanover, 2004; LL.M., University of Cambridge, 2005; Master in Legal Research, European University Institute, 2007 Field of Expertise: European Union Law, International Investment Law Current Research: Regulation of foreign investment in the framework of EU external relations law
Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Murat Erbilen
Ph.D. Candidate, Yeditepe University Country of Origin: Turkey Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Hans Smit Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B., Dokuz Eylul University, 2001; LL.M., Private Law, Yeditepe University, 2007 Field of Expertise: Contract Law, Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance, Arbitration, International Law Current Research: Renegotiation and Voluntary or Arbital-Judicial Adaptation of Contracts Email Address: merbil@law.columbia.edu
Isabella Ferrari
Research Fellow, Univeristy of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Country of Origin: Italy
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Alejandro Garro
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Ph.D., Private Comparative Law, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, 2003
Field of Expertise: Land Law, Family Law Current Research: Comparative study of the family home in the relationship breakdown; mortgages, bankruptcy, and securities as linked to family relations; the strategies designed to improve access for households above immigrants
Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Agnieszka Janczuk
Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute
Country of Origin: Italy
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Gibson
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.M., International Competition Law and Policy, Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia, 2006; M.A., Law, Warsaw University, 2005; M.A., International Economics Relations and Law, Warsaw School of Economics, 2005; Master of Research, European University Institute, 2007 Field of Expertise: Contract Law, CorporateLaw, Banking Law, Law and Economics, Capital Markets Current Research: The Role of Private Organizations in the European Regulatory Space
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: B.A., International Relations, University of Tokyo, 2000; LL.M., Columbia University, 2008 Field of Expertise: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law Current Research: Comparative analysis of trial practice in the United States and Japan, focusing on the difference between the jury trial and the Saibam-in trial
Assistant Professor, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Faculty Sponsor: George Fletcher
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.M., Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facolta di Giurisprudenza, 1993 Field of Expertise: Criminal Law, Criminal Policy, Criminology, Restorative Justice, Juvenile Justice Current Research: Theory of Crime and Severity of Criminal Offenses; Theory of Crime in International Criminal Law, Mainly Focusing on the Issue of Severity of Crime
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Sao Paulo - Faculty of Law Country of Origin: Brazil Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Merritt Fox Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Ph.D Candidate, University of Sao Paulo – Faculty of Law; LL.M, Columbia Law School, 2008; M.A., University of Sao Paulo – Faculty of Law, 2007; B.A., University of Sao Paulo – Faculty of Law, 2003. Field of Expertise: Law and Economics; Empirical Legal Studies; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking and Securities Regulation; Antitrust and Regulation; WTO Law; International Trade in Services Current research: Globalization of Stock Exchanges: Why are they demutualizing and merging?
Jose-Santiago Montt-Oyarzun
Attorney at Law, Universidad de Chile - Faculatad de Derecho
Country of Origin: Chile
Semester in Residence: Spring-2008
Designation at CLS: Visitng Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Alejandro Garro
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Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Gustavo Olivares Marcos
Dr., Graduate Institute of International Studies
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Semester in Residence: Spring-2008 Fall-2008
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Petros Mavroidis
Sponsoring Center: Academic Credentials: LL.B., Catholic University of Lima, Mphil, The Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies Field of Expertise: International Economic Law, International Financial and Monetary Law, WTO Law, Global Economic Governance
Current Research: Judicial Recovery of Sovereign Debts
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009 Fall-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Eben Moglen
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Associate Degree, Istanbul University, 1989; LL.B., Ankara University, 1993; LL.M., Anarka University, 1999; Ph.D., Private International Law, Anarka University, 2006 Field of Expertise: Private International Law, Conflict of Laws, Immigration Law Current Research: The Role of Patent in Pharmaceutical Industry within the Framework on International Conventions
SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School Country of Origin: France Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Peter Rosenblum Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: B.A., Universite de Paris 1-Sorbonne, 1998; M.A., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2003; Judicial Science Master, Stanford University, 2004 Field of Expertise: International Human Rights Law, Law and Development, Law and Society, Public Interest Lawyering Current Research: In the Shadow of the Rights-based Approach to Development: Theories and Practices of Social Change Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa Email Address: jperel1@law.columbia.edu
Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco
Senior Lecturer, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham Country of Origin: UK Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009 Fall-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Raz Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B., Catholic University, 1988; M.Sc., Logic & Philosophy of Science, Central University of Venezuela, 1991; Ph.D., Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, 2000; M.Juris, Law, Oxford University, 2000. Field of Expertise: Philosophy of Law Current Research: Normativity in Law Email Address: vrodri@law.columbia.edu
Rodrigo Surcan dos Santos
Attorney, Faculdade de Direito - Universidade de Sao Paulo
Country of Origin: Brazil
Semester in Residence: Fall-2007 - Spring-2008 - Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow Faculty Sponsor: Victor Goldberg Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B., Universidade Sao Paulo Law School, 2000; LL.M., Universidade Sao Paulo Law School, 2007; LL.M., Columbia School of Law, 2007 Field of Expertise: Antitrust Law & Economics Current Research: Antitrust Law & Economics Email Address: rsanto1@law.columbia.edu
Full time Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Law Country of Origin: Japan Semester in Residence: Fall-2007 Spring-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Curtis Milhaupt Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: B.A., College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1997; LLB., Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, 1999 Field of Expertise: Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Litigation Current Research: The Comparative Study of the U.S. and Japan regarding whether the ADR Process should be promoted in order to resolve Civil Conflicts and Reorganize CompaniesEmail Address: esugiy@law.columbia.edu
Laura Tarvainen
Ph.D. Candidate, Univeristy of Lapland
Country of Origin: Finland
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Ellen Chapnick and Sarah Cleveland
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: OTK, Law, University of Lapland, 2007
Field of Expertise: Human RightsCurrent Research: The Position of an Individual in Inter-American Human Rights System"
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: LL.B., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2002; DEA, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon--Sorbonne, 2003; MA, European Political and Administrative Studies, College of Europe, 2005; Mres, Law, European University Institute, 2006Field of Expertise: Public International Law, International Protection of Human RightsCurrent Research: Research about the role of the international judge concerning the crystallization of norms of general international custom, and the limits of the relative judicial practice when going against the will of the States
Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Mingyan Yu
Ph.D. Candidate, Nankai Univeristy, School of Economics
Country of Origin: PRC
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009 Fall-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Karl Sauvant
Sponsoring Center: International Programs Academic Credentials: Bachelor, Mathematics, Shenyang University of Technology, 2003; Master, Computing Mathematics, Dalian University of Technology, 2006 Field of Expertise: Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Current Research: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Policy
Director, Urumqi Legal Aid Center Country of Origin: PRC Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Northwest University of Politics & Law, 1997; Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 2002 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Kamila Mateeva
Attorney, American University Country of Origin: Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Initiative Academic Credentials: LL.M., Indiana School of Law at Indianapolis, 2005; B.A. in Law, American University-Central Asia, 2004 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Kolawole Ogunbiyi
Legal Officer, Civil Liberties Organisation
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh
Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., University of Ilorin, 2003; B.L., Nigerian Law School, 2004
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Rabin Subedi
Legal Director, Water and Energy Users' Federation
Country of Origin: Nepal
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh
Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Iniative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Tribhuvan University, 1999; LL.M., Tribhavan University, 2002
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Xiaoqin Ye
Executive Head of Women's Rights Dept., Wuhan University School of Law Country of Origin: PRC Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Wuhan University School of Law, 2001; LL.M., Wuhan University School of Law, 2004; Ph.D., Wuhan University School of Law, 2007 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Sawsan Zaher
Staff Attorney, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority RightsCountry of Origin: Israel Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Initiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Management College of Law, 1996; LL.M., International Legal Studies Washington College of Law, 2004Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Dong Chen
Director, Urumqi Legal Aid Center Country of Origin: PRC Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Northwest University of Politics & Law, 1997; Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law, 2002 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Kamila Mateeva
Attorney, American University Country of Origin: Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Initiative Academic Credentials: LL.M., Indiana School of Law at Indianapolis, 2005; B.A. in Law, American University-Central Asia, 2004; Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Kolawole Ogunbiyi
Legal Officer, Civil Liberties Organisation
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 - Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh
Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., University of Ilorin, 2003; B.L., Nigerian Law School, 2004
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Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Rabin Subedi
Legal Director, Water and Energy Users' Federation
Country of Origin: Nepal
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009
Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh
Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Iniative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Tribhuvan University, 1999; LL.M., Tribhavan University, 2002
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Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Xiaoqin Ye
Executive Head of Women's Rights Dept., Wuhan University School of Law Country of Origin: PRC Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Spring-2009 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Intiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Wuhan University School of Law, 2001; LL.M., Wuhan University School of Law, 2004; Ph.D., Wuhan University School of Law, 2007 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Sawsan Zaher
Staff Attorney, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights Country of Origin: Israel Semester in Residence: Fall-2008 Designation at CLS: Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor: Edwin Rekosh Sponsoring Center: Public Interest Law Initiative Academic Credentials: LL.B., Management College of Law, 1996; LL.M., International Legal Studies Washington College of Law, 2004 Field of Expertise: Current Research: Email Address: @law.columbia.edu
Visitors Sponsored by the Human Rights Institute:
Irene Galtung
Ph.D. Candidate, European University Institute
Country of Origin: Italy
Semester in Residence: Fall-2008
Designation at CLS: Visiting Research Fellow
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Cleveland
Sponsoring Center: Human Rights Institute Academic Credentials: B.A. & M.A., Law, Cambridge University, 1999; E.MA., Human Rightss and Democratization, European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization, 2003
Field of Expertise: Human Rights, International Law Current Research: The right to food and water - A puzzle of law
