Academic Council
Since its foundation, the ITA has had a deep commitment to scholarship, and nowhere is this reflected better than in its Academic Council, made up of the top academics in the field of international arbitration. The Academic Council is a key constituent body of the ITA, intimately involved in its leadership, the preparation of its programs, and its publications and educational videos. It takes the lead in organizing the ITA-ASIL-ICSID Conference each year in Washington, D.C. and actively participates in planning the ITA Workshop each June.
Other Academic Council activities include:
Preserving Perspectives: International Arbitrators in Their Own Words
An ongoing series of oral history interviews with key figures to record the evolution of modern international arbitration in the words of those who have led it.
Academic Council Newsletter
The Academic Council Newsletter is designed to make the ITA members and the arbitration community aware of the research conducted by the members of the ITA Academic Council, to keep you up to date with the activities of the Academic Council, as well as to keep the members of the Academic Council in touch.
What I Am Working On
This series of 5-minute video presentations features members of the Academic Council introducing their latest research. Each topic is timely and cutting edge, and it is explained by some of the main thinkers and renowned experts in international arbitration. Topics addressed include the Draft Articles of Conduct for Adjudicators in ISDS, dispute resolution mechanisms in the belt and road initiative, the evolving role of the arbitrator and financial access to justice in investment arbitration.
Chair
Prof. Dr. Crina Baltag
Associate Professor
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Vice Chairs
Prof. Dr. Eric De Brabandere
Attorney – Partner at DMDB Law (Brussels), Professor of International Dispute Settlement Law, Director Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
Leiden Law School
Leiden, The Netherlands
Interim Dean Mark Feldman
Peking University
School of Transnational Law
Shenzhen, China
Council Members
Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Shahla Ali
The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Hong Kong
Vice Dean Angela Banks
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona USA
Prof. George Bermann
Columbia Law School
New York, New York USA
Prof. Andrea Bjorklund
McGill University Faculty of Law
Montreal, Canada
Dean Kristen Boon
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Ottawa, Canada
Dean Petra Butler
Amo Matua | Executive Dean Faculty of Law | University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Prof Zachary R. Calo
Touro Law Center
Central Islipm, New York USA
Prof. Peter Cameron
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. Lei Chen
Durham Law School
Durham, United Kingdom
Prof. Donald (Trey) Earl Childress III
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
Malibu, California, USA
Prof. Jack Coe
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
Malibu, California USA
Prof. Chris Drahozal
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas USA
Dr. Kabir Duggal
Lecturer in Law
Columbia Law School
New York, New York USA
Franco Ferrari
NYU Law
New York, New York, USA
Prof. Mariana França Gouveia
Nova School of Law
Lisbon, Portugal
Prof. Susan D. Franck
American University, Washington College of Law
Washington, D.C. USA
Prof. Dr. Chiara Giorgetti
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Prof. Weixia Gu
The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Hong Kong
Prof. Nartnirun Junngam
Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Bangkok, Thailand
Dean Susan Karamanian
Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law
Doha, Qatar
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania USA
Prof. Charles T. Kotuby, Jr.
Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for International Legal Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
Prof Stefan Kröll
Bucerius Law School
Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Tamar Meshel
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Prof. Loukas Mistelis
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. Edgardo Munoz
Universidad Panamericana
Guadalajara, Mexico
Giovanni Ettore Nanni
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) Law School
São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Renato Nazzini
King’s College London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. Nneka Emilia Onyema
SOAS University of London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. Richard Frimpong Oppong
California Western School of Law
San Diego, California, USA
Prof. Enrique Prieto-Rios
Universidad del Rosario
Bogotá, COLOMBIA
Prof. August Reinisch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge
University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, Georgia USA
Prof. Victoria Shannon Sahani
Boston University School of Law
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Prof. Patricia Saiz González
ESADE Law School
Madrid, Spain
Prof. Maxi Scherer
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Prof. dr. S.W.B. (Stephan) Schill LLM
FGV São Paulo Law School
São Paulo, Brazil
Renata Carlos Steiner Reisdorfer
FGV São Paulo Law School
São Paulo, Brazil
Assistant Dean Prof. Zhang (Jerry) Sheng
Xi’an Jiaotong University Law School
Xi’an, China
Dr. Lu Wang
UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice
Sydney, Australia
Prof. Jarrod Wong
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, CA USA
Prof. Can Yeginsu
Koç University Law School
Istanbul, Turkey