Masters of the Bench

Paul Stephan is the John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. His research and teaching concentrate on international and comparative law.  He has taught at universities and diplomatic academies in Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. He served as Counselor for International Law to the Legal Adviser of the Department of State in 2006-2007, and as Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense in 2020-21. He was coordinating reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States from 2012 to 2018. His most recent publications include The World Crisis and International Law – The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future (Cambridge University Press) and Municipal Law in International Disputes, based on his 2023 special course at the Hague Academy of International Law.