2008 - 2009 PARTICIPANTS |
 | Jose Alvarez Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy Columbia University Law School Seminar José E. Alvarez is the Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy and the executive director of the Center on Global Legal Problems at Columbia Law School. Professor Alvarez’ principal areas of publishing and teaching are in the areas of international law, especially international organizations; international tribunals; war crimes; international legal theory; and foreign investment. Prior to entering academia in 1989, Professor Alvarez was an attorney adviser with the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State, served on the negotiation teams for bilateral investment treaties and the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and was legal adviser to the administration of justice program in Latin America coordinated by the Agency of International Development. Professor Alvarez is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Law Institute, and he is presently on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Criminal Justice. His recent book, International Organizations as Law-Makers (Oxford), was published in paperback in 2006. |
