Prof. Monica Hakimi teaches and writes on public international law and U.S. foreign relations law. She is particularly interested in the informal and operational aspects of the international legal process and in the ways in which that process adapts to contemporary challenges. Her research examines those issues in the contexts of international human rights law, the law of armed conflict, and the use of force.

Prof. Hakimi's publications include articles in the Michigan Law Review, the Yale Journal of International Law, and the European Journal of International Law. She earned her JD from Yale Law School in 2001, and her BA, summa cum laude, from Duke University. Following law school, Prof. Hakimi clerked for Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York and later served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, where she counseled policymakers on non-proliferation, the reconstruction of Iraq, international investment disputes, and civil aviation. She also served as counsel before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and worked on cases before the International Court of Justice, U.S. federal courts, and administrative agencies.