Columbia Law Professor to Deliver Meador Lecture at UA Law School on February 19

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Lori Damrosch of Columbia Law School will present the Daniel J. Meador Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 19, at The University of Alabama School of Law.

The lecture, “Enforcing International Law in the United States’ Courts,” will start at 1 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom of the Law Center and is open to the public.

Damrosch, who is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, has served on the Columbia faculty since 1984. She earned her B.A. (1973) and J.D. from Yale University (1976). Following graduation, Damrosch clerked for Judge Jon O. Newman and then served in the Office of the Legal Adviser with the United States Department of State. She served as vice president of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) from 1996-98 and has been a counselor of ASIL since 2001.

Damrosch has been a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law since 1990 and currently serves as co-editor-in-chief. She has written numerous articles and book chapters and has edited works including “Beyond Confrontation: International Law for the Post-Cold Era” (Westview Press, 1995) and “Enforcing Restraint: Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts” (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1993).

The Daniel J. Meador Lecture was established in 1994 to honor the University’s former professor and Law Dean Daniel J. Meador. A member of the Alabama law class of 1951 and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, Professor Meador delivered the inaugural lecture in the series.

For more information, contact Jennifer McCracken at 205/348-5195, jmccrack@law.ua.edu.