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 Assistant 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

Affiliated Faculty

Faculty Title School
Richard M. Hendler Clinical Professor of Law in Business NYU Stern
Mikhail Xifaras Visiting Professor SciencesPo, Ècole de Droit