Twitter: @MonicaHakimi
Monica Hakimi teaches and writes in the fields of public international law and U.S. foreign relations law. Her research ties together doctrine and theory to examine how international law operates and adapts to contemporary challenges, particularly in the areas of human and national security.
Professor Hakimi earned her JD from Yale Law School and her BA,
summa cum laude, from Duke University. After law school, she clerked for the Hon. Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and then served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. While at the State Department, she counseled policymakers on nuclear nonproliferation, the reconstruction of post-war Iraq, international investment disputes, and international civil aviation. She also served as counsel before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and worked on cases before the International Court of Justice and U.S. federal courts and agencies.
Between 2013 and 2016, Professor Hakimi was the associate dean for academic programming at Michigan Law. She is currently a contributing editor of
EJIL Talk!, the blog that is affiliated with the
European Journal of International Law. She also serves on the board of editors for the American Journal of International Law, the executive council of the American Society of International Law, and the advisory board for the Institute of International Peace and Security at the University of Cologne, Germany.