Faculty

Nawaf Dawood Alsulaim, Adjunct Lecturer of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Nda2030@nyu.edu
Education: LLB United Arab Emirates

Research Interests: International Commercial Arbitration

Jinan Bastaki, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: j.bastaki@nyu.edu
Education: LLB London School of Economics and Political Science; LLM University of California - Berkeley; PhD U...

Research Interests: Public International Law; Forced Displacement; International Refugee Law; Citizenship; Borders

Rosemary Byrne, Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Rosemary.Byrne@nyu.edu
Education: BA Barnard College, Columbia University; JD Harvard Law School

Research Interests: Public international law; International and EU human rights law; International refugee and EU asylum...

Satnam Singh Choongh, Clinical Professor of Legal Writing and Research Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ssc10097@nyu.edu
Education: LLB (Warwick); DPhil (Oxon); Barrister-at-Law

Research Interests: Planning and Environmental Law; Legal Writing and Research

John Coughlin, Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: jjc17@nyu.edu
Education: BA Niagara University; MA Columbia University; ThM Princeton Seminary; JD Harvard University Law Sch...

Research Interests: comparative religion, theology, canon law, sharia law, Talmudic law, Hindu law, comparative law, jur...

Nadine Debbas Achkar, Visiting Professor of Practice of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nd1617@nyu.edu
Education: BA Georgetown University; JD Columbia University School of Law

Research Interests: International Arbitration; Gender and Law

Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Program Head of Legal Studies; Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pavlos.eleftheriadis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Athens; LLM, PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Jurisprudence, rights, European Union, justice, climate change

Aude Epstein, Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ae88@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sorbonne University ; MA Sciences Po Paris; PhD University of Nice Côte d'Azur

Research Interests: Environmental law and Justice ; Business Law; Animal Welfare; Constitutional Litigation

Peter Goodrich, Visiting Professor of Law Affiliation: Visiting
Email: pg62@nyu.edu
Education: LLB, University of Sheffield; PhD University of Edinburgh

Research Interests: Legal history and theory; Law and literature

Adeel Hussain, Associate Program Head of Legal Studies; Associate Professor of Legal Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: adeel.hussain@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Comparative Public Law; Jurisprudence; International Law; Legal and Political Theory; Global History

John Sexton, President Emeritus of the University Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: js1@nyu.edu