Bruno Simma returned to the Law School in fall 2012 as a part-time professor of law after having served a nine-year term as a Judge at the International Court of Justice. Soon after his arrival, he was appointed as one of the three neutral Judges/Arbitrators of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal at The Hague and will thus be on administrative leave starting with fall term 2013. Prof. Simma first came to the Law School in 1986 as a visitor from the University of Munich Faculty of Law, where he taught international law and European Community law from 1972 to 2003. From 1987 to 1992 he held a joint Munich-Ann Arbor faculty appointment. He returned as a visitor in 1995 and, since 1997, has been a member of the Law School's Affiliated Overseas Faculty, more recently as a William W. Cook Global Law Professor. Prof. Simma has served as dean of the Munich Faculty of Law and has been a visiting professor at several European universities. He is cofounder and editor of the European Journal of International Law, a cofounder of the European Society of International Law, and an associate member of the Institut de Droit international. He has been awarded honorary degrees by the universities of Macerata, Innsbruck and Glasgow, as well as a certificate of merit and, most recently, the Manley O. Hudson Medal, the highest professional honor bestowed by the American Society of International Law. In 2005, New York University Law School made him the Distinguished Global Law School Fellow. Together with Alfred Verdross, he coauthored Universelles Völkerrecht, one of the most influential textbooks in international law and, more recently, edited the leading Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations. Prof. Simma lectured at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1995 and taught the prestigious General Course there in 2009. From 1987 to 1996 he was a member of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, followed by six years of membership in the UN International Law Commission before he was elected to the World Court at The Hague. Prof. Simma has been co-agent and counsel in cases before the Court, for instance in the LaGrand case brought by Germany against the United States. He is a much sought-after arbitrator in inter-State, foreign investment, international commercial and sports law cases.