Lori Fisler Damrosch is an American legal scholar of

public international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

and U.S. law of foreign relations. She is currently the Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

Career

After graduating from

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in 1976, Damrosch clerked for Judge

Jon O. Newman Jon Ormond Newman (born May 2, 1932) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Education and legal training Born in New York City, New York, Newman earned his Artium Baccalaureus de ...

at the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. From 1977 to 1981, she worked at the

Office of the Legal Advisor The legal adviser of the Department of State is a position within the United States Department of State. It was created by an Act of Congress on February 23, 1931 (P.L. 71-715; 46 Stat. 1214). The legal adviser replaced the solicitor, a Departme ...

at the

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. From 1981 to 1984, Damrosch was an associate at the New York office of

Sullivan & Cromwell Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. Known as a white-shoe firm, Sullivan & Cromwell is recognized as a leader in business law, and is known for its impact on international affairs, such a ...

. In 1984, Damrosch joined the faculty of Columbia Law School.

Honors and awards

* Wolfgang Friedmann Award,

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law The ''Columbia Journal of Transnational Law'' is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School. The journal publishes scholarly articles and student notes on issues of transnational law. Ranking and Citations The ''Columb ...

, 2015 * Certificate of Merit,

American society of International Law The American Society of International Law (ASIL), founded in 1906, was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950 to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the ba ...

, 1988 * Francis Deák Prize,

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, 1981 * Superior Honow Award,

, 1980

References

Columbia Law School faculty American legal scholars Living people Yale Law School alumni 1953 births American Journal of International Law editors Members of the Institut de Droit International Presidents of the American Society of International Law {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub