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International Law Faculty

Many of the members of the Dedman School of Law faculty have significant international experience or interests, with leading experts in the areas of international finance, commercial law, intellectual property/internet technology, human rights, criminal law, constitutional law, international economic development, and dispute resolution. The list of these faculty members includes:

Roy Ryden Anderson, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Vinson & Elkins Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Professor of Law (Contracts and Commercial Law)

John B. Attanasio, Dean and William Hawley Atwell Professor of Constitutional Law (Constitutional Law; Rule of Law Program)

William Bridge, Associate Professor of Law (Comparative Law)

Anthony J. Colangelo, Assistant Professor of Law (Conflicts of Laws; International Law)

Nathan Cortez, Assistant Professor of Law (Health Law and Regulation)

Gregory S. Crespi, Professor of Law (Contracts; Corporations; Economic Law)

Gail Daly, Associate Dean for Library and Technology; Director of the Underwood Law Library; and Associate Professor of Law (Intellectual Property Law)

Rudolf Dolzer, Distinguished Visiting Professor; Professor of Law, University of Bonn (Foreign Investment; International Commercial Arbitration)

William V. Dorsaneo, III, Chief Justice John and Lena Hickman Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law (Dispute Resolution)

Rolf Dötevall, Visiting Professor of Law; Professor of Law Göteborg University, Sweden (European Company Law)

Werner Ebke, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law; Professor of Law, University of Heidelberg: (Comparative Corporate Governance; International Accounting)

David Epstein, Professor of Law (Contracts; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy)

David Elkins, Visiting Professor of Law; Professor of Law, Netanya College, Israel (Taxation)

Jeffrey Gaba, Professor of Law (Environmental Law)

Shubha Ghosh, Professor of Law (Intellectual Property Law)

Bernard Grossfeld, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law; Professor of Law, University of Muenster (Comparative Law; Comparative Corporate Governance)

Christopher H. Hanna, (Chair, Graduate Committee), Altshuler University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law Taxation)

Jeffrey Kahn, Assistant Professor of Law (Russian Law; Constitutional Law; Human Rights; Counterterrorism)

Ndiva Kofele-Kale, Professor of Law (International Dispute Resolution; Human Rights; Public International Law)

Henry J. Lischer Jr, Professor of Law (Taxation)

John Lowe, George W. Hutchison Professor of Energy Law (Energy Law)

George A. Martinez, Professor of Law (Jurisprudence; Latino Legal Theory)

Joseph W. McKnight, Larry and Jane Harlan Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law (Legal History)

Joseph Jude Norton, James L. Walsh Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Financial Institutions Law and Professor of Law (International Financial Law and Regulation)

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Professor of Law (Intellectual Property Law; Internet Law; Commercial Law)

C. Paul Rogers III, Professor of Law (Contracts and Antitrust Law)

Shiao-Ming Shen, Visiting Professor of Law; International Legal Consultant to Mackenzie and Albritton (Business Law in China)

Marc I. Steinberg, Senior Associate Dean for Research; Rupert and Lillian Radford Professor of Law (Corporations; Securities Law)

Jenia Iontcheva Turner, Assistant Professor of Law (International Organizations; International Criminal Law; Comparative Law)

Rose Cuison Villazor, Assistant Professor of Law (Immigration Law/Policy; Human Rights)

Peter Winship, James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Trustee Professor of Law (International Commercial Law; Comparative Law)