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General Information
Many leading intellectual figures on the international legal stage are judges or government officials whose duties prevent them from spending more than a week or so away from home. To gain the benefit of such people in our community, some of whom are former academics, the Hauser Global Law School Program invites them to campus as Distinguished Global Fellows. During their brief visits, the distinguished fellows lecture to groups of NYU School of Law faculty and students. Additionally, they participate in selected classes, seminars and colloquia.
Coupled with their participation in the goings-on of the Law School, distinguished fellows participate in the Distinguished Fellows Lecture Series. The lecture series convenes during both fall and spring semesters each academic year to offer a community-wide welcome to fellows, an opportunity to gain insight from their experiences, and a moment to reflect on their impact in the international legal community. Each lecture is conducted as an informal conversation with Professor J.H.H. Weiler, Chair and Faculty Director of the Hauser Global Law School Program, with ample time alotted for questions and discussion involving the audience.
Below is a complete list of former and current Distinguished Global Fellows who have visited the Law School over the years.
| 2006-2007 Fellows | |
| Sept. 16th to 28th | Georges Abi-Saab Judge of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization |
| Recent Fellows | |
| April 2006 | Hon. Chief Justice Ronan Keane Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland |
| November 2005 | Judge Hisashi Owada International Court of Justice |
| September 2005 | Mr. Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe Member of the French Conseil d'Etat and Justice of the French Constitutional Council |
| March 2005 | Judge Bruno Simma International Court of Justice |
| March 2004 | Justice Beverley McLachlin Supreme Court of Canada |
| September 2004 | Professor Antonio Cassese Former Judge and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| September 2003 | Justice Fidelma Macken Court of Justice of the European Communities |
| October 2002 | Justice Richard Goldstone South African Constitutional Court |
Previous Fellows
While our Distinguished Global Fellows are limited in the time they are able to spend at NYU School of Law, the Global Visitors Program brings academics and professionals from around the world to the campus for one semester or one academic year. Biographical information is also available on our Global & Senior Global Research Fellows, Global Fellows from Practice & Government, and Visiting Doctoral Researchers.