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Wolfson College

BA (Harv), JD (Yale), Ph.D (Cant)

Fellow, Wolfson College; Research Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

State immunity, State succession, international investment protection, international organizations, use of force under international law, comparative constitutional law, U.S. election law, diplomatic history, international dispute settlement.

Teaching (Colleges and University)

Supervisions in international law: Wolfson College, 1996-98; King's College, 1997-98; Pembroke College, 2004-06; Jesus College 2004-05

Lectures in international law: Tripos Part 1b, 2005-06

Occasional supervision of research students in international relations, 2002 to present

Teaching (other)

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, executive short course on international dispute settlement, 2009

University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education short course for UK armed service personnel, 2004-06

Publications

My personal page contains a list of publications.

Editorial & refereeing

Associate editor, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2009-present

Foreign corresponding editor, International Legal Materials, American Society of International Law, 2009-present

Occasional referee for books & other projects, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2002-present

Occasional referee for article submissions to journals, including British Yearbook of International Law, Melbourne Journal of International Law, International Studies Review, Central European History, 2002-present

Advisory appointments

International law advisor, Subject Matter Advisory Group for Policy & Social Science (Shadow), UK National Nuclear Centre of Excellence, 2010-present

Policy staff member, national headquarters, U.S. presidential campaign of John McCain, 2008

Author, report on constitutional issues under proposed re-integration plan for Abkhazia (for Castrén Institute/Counsel of Europe Georgia project), 2006

International law advisor, Free Kosovar Society, 2005-06

Lectures, seminars & other public speaking (selected)

Occasional debate appearances at Cambridge Union Society, Oxford Union Society, Glasgow University Union, University College London Union Debating Society, Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society, Durham Union Society, 2004, 2009-present

Occasional television and radio interviews on U.S. political developments, 1996-present

"Admission of States and the Responsibility of International Organisations," Joint Seminar, University of Swansea, Faculty of Law, March 2008

"Legitimacy, Efficacy, and Universality in International Organization," Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, School of Law, March 2006

See my personal website for a further list.

Other professional involvement

Assistant on legal teams in cases before the International Court of Justice and ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL tribunals, 2003-07, 2009-present

Presenter, international moot court demonstration, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office annual international law short course, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, 2009-2010

Coach, Jessup International Moot Court team, King's College, London, 2009-10

Coach, Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court team, King's College, London, 2009-10

Judge (corresponding), Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition, Pepperdine University, USA

Lead counsel, international law experts' amicus brief, McConnell v Federal Election Commission, 2002-03

Judge, Jessup International Moot Court, UK national final round and international semi-final round, 2000-01

Coach, Jessup International Moot Court team, Heidelberg, 1999-2000

Admitted to practice, Massachusetts (1995), New York (1995), District of Columbia (1996), U.S. Supreme Court (2003)

Prior positions

Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, 2007-08

Anna Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford, 2000-02

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Federal Chancellor Scholar, 1999-2000

Visiting fellow, Max-Planck Institute of Public International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany, 1999-2000

Fulbright scholar, University of Cambridge (PhD studies), 1995-1998

Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1994-95

Personal background

Born, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 1969. Raised, North Attleborough, Massachusetts.