Personal statement

At ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿, Anne teaches law within the Business School, specifically modules engaging with law and society including International law and Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law and Sustainability. In addition, she convenes and coordinates the Year 6 Law Research Project module.

Prior to joining BSU, Anne has enjoyed a rich and varied international career in legal practice and higher education. As a private practitioner, she has worked in global law firms in New York, San Francisco, and Amsterdam as a commercial litigator and international arbitration associate. As a consultant, Anne has worked as a UN legal officer and as the DEI lead for Palantir Technologies.

In Higher Education, Anne's experience spans a 25 year career that includes being the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Legal Education for Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, and lectureships at Berkeley, University of Georgia and University of Exeter. 

Anne's research and scholarship is at the intersection of international law, international relations, legal history, and legal philosophy. She has conducted research into the 20th century origins of modern humans rights concepts and frameworks through the emergence of multilateral institutions during the interwar period in the League of Nations.

Academic qualifications

  • A.B. UC Berkeley (History and Peace & Conflict Studies)
  • Juris Doctor, University of Virginia School of Law
  • ABD, UC Berkeley School of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program.

Professional memberships

  • Member, California Bar (inactive)

Areas of expertise

  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Environmental Law and Sustainability
  • Law Research Project
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts.