The Hauser Global Law School Program is currently accepting applications for Research Assistants for our fall 2015 Global Faculty. The position allows up to 20 hours per week at $12 per hour. Projects will include assisting professors with course materials as well as their own research. Research Assistants will be appointed for the fall semester and may only assist one professor. The professors will be located at NYU School of Law during the fall 2015 semester.
Please submit resume and cover letter(s) indicating which professor(s) you are interested in working with and why by Friday, July 31, 2015 to: law.global@nyu.edu.
Eyal Benvenisti
Home Institution: Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law
Courses: International Law of Armed Conflicts: Humanitarian Law; Law and Global Governance Seminar (with Benedict Kingsbury)
Research Areas: International Law; Constitutional Law
Preferred Experience: Candidates should have a background in international law.
Horst Eidenmüller
Home Institution: Munich University
Courses: European and Comparative Company, Financial Markets and Bankruptcy Law
Research Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Contract Law and Private Law Theory; European and Comparative Company, Financial Markets, and Bankruptcy Law
Research Project/Preferred Experience: Candidates should have a good understanding of US corporation law and economics. The research assistant’s tasks would focus on research issues relating to the “European and Comparative Company, Financial Markets and Bankruptcy Law” course. The course will be turned into a book to be published with Oxford University Press.
Phoebe Okowa
Home Institution: Queen Mary University of London
Courses: International Criminal Law Seminar; International Law of Armed Conflict: Use of Force
Research Areas: Implementation of international law in domestic legal systems; Public International Law, especially the law of state and individual responsibility; Use of force in international law, protection of the environment
Research Project/Preferred Experience: The research project will examine national laws and judicial decisions on diplomatic protection especially those connected with the detentions in Guantanamo bay; with a particular focus on decisions from non-common law jurisdictions. The ideal candidate should have a competent command of either French, Spanish or Arabic.
Marco Torsello
Home Institution: Verona University, School of Law
Courses: International Commercial Agreements in Practice Seminar; International Sales
Research Areas: International and Comparative Law of Contracts; International and Comparative Law of Torts; International Business Transactions; International Litigation and Arbitration; Law & Language
Research Project/Preferred Experience: Skills/experience in researching in the field of Contract and Commercial Law with an emphasis on international transactions.