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Faculty and Guest Lecturers

Instructors for the “U.S. Legal Methods: Introduction to U.S. Law” program are distinguished professors, judges and lawyers, with over 20 such professors lecturing in the program each summer.  Some of the lecturers in recent years have included the following:

  • Professor Peter L. Murray
    Harvard Law School, J.D., Harvard Law School
  • Professor Jody S. Kraus
    University of Virginia Law School, J.D., Yale
  • Professor David A. Skeel
    University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., Virginia
  • Professor Gregory E. Maggs
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Harvard
  • Professor Arthur R. Miller
    Harvard Law School, J.D., Harvard Law School
  • Professor Robert Brauneis
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Harvard
  • Professor Robert A. Destro
    Fmr. Dean, Catholic University of America Law School, J.D., Berkeley
  • Honorable Frank E. Schwelb
    Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • Professor Jonathan Turley
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Northwestern
  • Professor Donald H. Green
    Adj. Prof., Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., Harvard; Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • Sam J. Alberts, Esq.
    Partner, White & Case LLP, J.D., George Washington University
  • Peter M. Daub, Esq.
    Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, J.D., Yale
  • Dean Susan L. Karamanian
    Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, J.D., Texas
  • George A. Lehner, Esq.
    Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP; Fmr. Counsel, United States Department of State; Adj. Prof., Georgetown University Law Center, Adj. Prof., George Washington University Law School; J.D., Michigan
  • Professor Peter J. Smith
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Harvard
  • Professor Dawn Nunziato
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Virginia
  • Professor Lucia A. Silecchia
    Catholic University of America Law School, J.D., Yale
  • Honorable Rosemary M. Collyer
    Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • John E. Welch, Esq.
    Partner, Jones Day, J.D., Harvard
  • Honorable John Facciola
    Mag. Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Professor Michael Abramowicz
    George Washington University Law School, J.D., Yale
  • Jessie K. Liu
    Parnter, Jenner & Block LLP; Fmr. Asst. United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, J.D., Yale
  • Ambassador Herman J. Cohen (Ret.)
    Fmr. Asst. Secretary of State for African Affairs, United States Department of State, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Gambia
  • William Young, Esq.
    Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP, J.D., Harvard
  • Jeffrey P. Maydew, Esq.
    Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Adj. Prof., Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M, Georgetown
  • Mark R. Heilbrun, Esq.
    Partner, Jenner and Block LLP, Fmr. General Counsel, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, J.D., Texas
  • Stephen J. Crimmins, Esq.
    Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP; Fmr. Dpty. Chief Counsel for Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; J.D., Columbia
  • Daniel E. Waltz, Esq.
    Partner, Patton Boggs, J.D., Berkeley
  • Robert L. Hickok, Esq.
    Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Fmr. Asst. United States Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, J.D., Harvard
  • Gregory G. Faragasso, Esq.
    Deputy Assistant Director, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Professor Marshall Breger
    Catholic University of America Law School, B.Phil., Oxford, J.D., Pennsylvania
  • Professor Nelson Lund
    George Mason University Law School, J.D., Chicago
  • Sean Cunningham, Esq.
    Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP, J.D., Texas
  • Maureen A. Delaney
    Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Fmr. Adj. Prof. , American University Law School, J.D., American
  • Charles E. Spies, Esq.
    Counsel, Republican National Committee, Fmr. Counsel, Federal Election Commission, J.D., Georgetown
  • . . . and senior attorneys from a number of law firms, including: Baker & McKenzie; Pepper Hamilton LLP; Jones Day; Hunton & Williams, Jenner & Block, Patton Boggs; Hogan & Hartson; McDermott Will & Emery; White & Case, Paul Hastings Janafsky & Walker LLP; and others.

The 2010 program will include many of the above lecturers as well as other distinguished professors and government and private lawyers.