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David Kennedy: CV

Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
  • Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 2003-2007; 2008-3009; since 2011;

  • Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School, since 2009;

  • Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 1986-1994, 2009-10; Assistant Professor, 1983-1986; Lecturer, 1981-1983;

  • Director, European Law Research Center, 1991-2009;

  • Faculty Director, Graduate and International Legal Studies, 1991-1997;

  • Chair, Committee of Graduate Studies, 1990-1997;

  • Henry J. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 1994-2003;

    • Courses: International Law, Global Law and Policy, Law and Economic Development, European Union Law, International Economic Law, American Legal Thought
  • Visiting Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, since 2007.

  • Vice President for International Affairs, University Professor of Law and David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Brown University, 2008-2009.

  • Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Fall 2006

    • Course: International Law and Organizations;
  • Visiting Professor, New York University Law School, Spring 1999;

    • Courses: Foreign Relations Law and International Law.
  • Of counsel, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Brussels, Belgium, 1989-1990. General corporate, European Communities and government relations practice.

  • Consultant for various projects involving international and European Community Law, including work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the European Communities Commission Legal Service, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Doctors Without Borders, the Thai Foreign Ministry, The Qatar Foundation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.



    • EDUCATION:
  • Juris Doctor, Honoris Causa, University of Helsinki, 2010.

  • Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1984.

    • Fields: international law and organizations, international economics, law and development.
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1980.

  • M.A.L.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1979.

  • A.B., with honors, Brown University, 1976.



    • PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
  • District of Columbia Bar, admitted 1980

  • Council on Foreign Relations, since 2003

  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Sciences Po, Paris, France, since 2008

  • Member and past Chairman, World Economic Forum's Advisory Council on Global Governance, since 2009

  • Member, Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council, since 2012

  • Member, International Advisory Board, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo, since 2013



    • OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE AND LANGUAGES:
  • Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, 2011;

  • University of Paris X, Nanterre, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998, 2001-2002, 2005-2006;

  • University of Turin, 2001 and 2002;

  • Visiting Scholar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2000-2001;

  • Visiting Professor, Australian National University, 2000;

  • University of Paris II, 1998;

  • University of Toronto 1998 and 1999;

  • Fulbright Fellow, Belgium 1984;

  • Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung and Sheldon Fellow, Germany;

  • Fellow jointly at Institute for International Law, Kiel University and Institute for International Affairs, Hamburg University, Germany, 1980-1981.



    • German (reading and speaking);
    French (reading and comprehension).