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Julian Ku is Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law and Faculty Director of International Programs at Hofstra University's Maurice A. Deane School of Law. He teaches U.S. constitutional law, foreign affairs law, transnational law, and international trade and business law, including in Hofstra’s online LL.M. and Master of Arts in American Legal Studies programs. He is a leading scholar at the intersection of constitutional and international law.
His research focuses on international law’s interaction with U.S. constitutional law, international dispute resolution, international criminal law, and China’s engagement with international legal institutions. He has published extensively in top law reviews and co-authored the book Taming Globalization: International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order (Oxford University Press, 2012). He has also authored over 40 law review articles and numerous essays in public media.
Ku is a co-founder of the influential international law blog Opinio Juris and a contributing editor to Lawfare. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, NYTimes.com, and Vox. He has been interviewed widely by media and has served as an expert witness and amicus curator in national and international legal proceedings.
- John DeWitt Gregory Research Scholar
- Hofstra Law Research Fellow
- Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in Law (East China University of Political Science and Law)
- Taiwan Fellow (National Taiwan University)
He is a member of the American Law Institute and has held visiting professorships at the College of William & Mary, East China University of Political Science and Law, and National Taiwan University. Before entering academia, he clerked for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, was an Olin Fellow and Lecturer at University of Virginia Law School, and practiced international litigation and arbitration at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School and is admitted to the New York Bar.
