Prof. Jose Alvarez: "The Proliferation of International Courts: Ten Challenges Facing International Law and Lawyers"

At the time of his Guest Lecture, Prof. Alvarez was visiting The Hague to lead a course at The Hague Academy of International Law, before taking up the position of Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law later this year. His extensive resume includes the Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia Law School; Director of the Center on Global Legal Problems; Professor at the University of Michigan Law School; President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) (2006-08; Honourary Vice-President 2008- ) and was a member of the Task Force on the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Prior to entering academia in 1989, Prof. Alvarez was an attorney adviser with the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State where he worked on cases before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, 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. Prof. Alvarez holds a JD from Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA) and a BA from Oxford University (Oxford, UK). He has published the book International Organisations as Law-Makers (Oxford Uni. Press, 2005) and co-edited the forthcoming The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options (Oxford Uni. Press, 2009). Additionally, Prof. Alvarez initiated and wrote a monthly column as President of the ASIL and has published numerous articles and book chapters in various highly respected journals and commentaries.