Welcoming Guest Blogger José Alvarez

I’m delighted to introduce José Enrique Alvarez as our guest blogger for the next few days.  Professor Alvarez is the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at NYU Law School, and serves as a special adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on a pro bono basis.   He is also a past President of the American Society of International Law.  Professor Alvarez’s expertise includes a range of international law topics, most notably foreign investment (which he’ll be talking about at the upcoming International Law Weekend) and international organizations (see, e.g., International Organizations as Law-Makers).  Prior to entering academia, Professor Alvarez served for several years in the Office of the Legal Adviser at 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.   Educated at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Oxford University, Professor Alvarez has previously taught at Columbia, Michigan, GW and Georgetown law schools.  He also worked in private practice and was a judicial clerk to the late Hon. Thomas Gibbs Gee of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Welcome Professor Alvarez!