“Harvard is a tremendously exciting place for international law.
There’s so much going on, and we’re here to help you figure it all out.”
–– Professor Mark Wu, Vice Dean for the Graduate Program
and International Legal Studies
Category Archives: Faculty
Professor Mark Wu, the new vice dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
Mark Wu, the Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School, was recently appointed the new vice dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies. He replaces Professor William Alford ’77, who served in the role for the past 18 years.
Read a Q&A with Professor Wu in Harvard Law Today.
Photo: Martha Stewart
Professor William P. Alford ’77: International Impact
On June 30, Professor William P. Alford ’77 completed 18 years as vice dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. During his tenure, the law school transformed its international programs, adding impressively to its faculty, expanding its curriculum, launching its first international exchange programs, and making it possible for unprecedented numbers of the world’s strongest law students to attend Harvard.
Read about Professor Alford’s many contributions to these programs, and his plans for the years ahead, at Harvard Law Today.
Photo: Martha Stewart
The Education of an Idealist
On September 23, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power ’99 expressed both skepticism and hope for the current state of international affairs during a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about her new memoir, The Education of an Idealist.
Ambassador Power is currently teaching at Harvard as the William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School, and the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
Read about and watch the discussion on Harvard Law Today.
The event was sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library and International Legal Studies.
Photo: Lorin Grainger
Special Event: The Education of an Idealist
Harvard Law School Library Book Talk: The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power (Dey Street Books, 2019)
Ambassador Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and William D. Zabel ’61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School.
Ambassador Power will be joined in discussion by:
- Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard University
- Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
- William P. Alford, Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law, Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program, and Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability.
Monday, September 23
12 p.m.
Milstein East AB, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
A light lunch will be served
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies