Joining Doughty Street Chambers as an Academic Member

One of the great advantages of being a legal academic is the ability to get involved in actual litigation. I have consulted on a number of cases at the ICTY, ICTR, and ICC over the years, most obviously serving as one of Radovan Karadzic’s legal associates, but it’s been a while, and I’ve been itching to get back in the game. So I am delighted to announce that I have been invited to join Doughty Street Chambers in London as an Academic Member.

Doughty Street, I think it’s safe to say, has one of the world’s best international-law practices. (And excels in many other areas, such as criminal law.) Its roster of barristers includes such luminaries as:

Geoffrey Robertson QC — one of the founders of the set, who needs no introduction to OJ readers.

Sir Keir Starmer, KCB, QC — the former Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, currently serving as Croatia’s counsel at the ICJ in Croatia v Serbia.

John R.W.D. Jones QC — counsel for Saif Gaddafi at the ICC and Mustafa Badreddine at the STL; former counsel for Naser Oric and Ante Gotovina at the ICTY, both of whom were acquitted.

Tim Moloney QC — one of the leading terrorism experts in the UK, having defended numerous IRA members and Muslims accused of terrorist acts (such as the men accused of the attack on the BBC and the plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange).

Wayne Jordash QC — counsel for Baglishema and Bagaragaza at the ICTR and Sesay at the SCSL; currently acting for Libya at the ICC and Jovica Stanišić at the ICTY.

Amal Alamuddin — counsel for al-Senussi at the ICC and for Julian Assange in his extradition case, as well as advisor to Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, in his inquiry into the use of drones.

I could go on, but that list is enough to explain why I’m so excited — and so honoured — to be joining Doughty Street as an Academic Member. It’s a remarkable opportunity, one for which I’m deeply grateful.

I don’t yet know what cases I’ll be working on, but I’ll let readers know as soon as I do!