About us
Overview
The Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) brings together the research, scholarship, teaching and outreach activities of New York University School of Law’s acclaimed international law program. The Institute is closely connected with leading scholars and research institutions worldwide. It integrates the Law School’s scholarly excellence in international law into the policy activities of the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, law firms, and industry.
The Institute’s research and scholarship is organized through three affiliated thematic centers and programs: the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, and the Program in the History and Theory of International Law. The Institute also runs cross-cutting research projects among these affiliates, including work on global governance and accountability (global administrative law), legal issues in United Nations security and development operations , financing of development projects, international arbitration, private military firms, intelligence, and rule of law issues especially relating to states at risk.
The Institute organizes collective research projects, policy work, and academic and practical training initiatives conducted by faculty examining international law questions. Student research papers are integral parts of many of these projects; students also plan and co-organize conferences and workshops with faculty.
The Institute also coordinates the Law School’s advanced international law degree program at the Law School: the J.D.-LL.M. Program in International Law.
The Director of the Institute is Professor Benedict Kingsbury. Professors Philip Alston, J.H.H. Weiler and Robert Howse are co-directors.
Dr. Simon Chesterman is a Senior Fellow of the IILJ and leads the project on Private Military Companies and on Intelligence.
Professor Kingsbury directs the J.D.-LL.M. Program in International Law and superintends the IILJ Scholars program with Angelina Fisher. Kristi Schindt in the Graduate Office of the Hauser Global Law School Program, administers the J.D.-LL.M. Program.
The Faculty Advisory Committee includes: Philip Alston, Kevin Davis, Franco Ferrari, David Golove, Robert Howse, Benedict Kingsbury, Martti Koskenniemi, Mattias Kumm, Linda Silberman, Richard Stewart, Joseph H.H. Weiler and Katrina Wyman.
The Institute also attracts leading scholars from around the world as visiting fellows.
