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Michael D. Ramsey

Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School

Principal Subjects:

· Foreign Relations and National Security Law

· Constitutional Law

· International Law

· International Business Transactions

· International Litigation

· U.S. Supreme Court Practice

Professional Background:

J.D. Stanford Law School, 1989 (Summa cum Laude); B.A. Dartmouth College, 1986 (Magna cum Laude, History & Economics).

Clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-91; clerk to Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1989-90.

Attorney, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA., 1992-95 (international transactions).

University of San Diego Law School, Professor of Law since 2000; Associate Professor, 1997-2000; Assistant Professor, 1995-97. Herzog Endowed Scholar, 2005-06; University Professor, 2010-11.

Visiting Professor, University of California San Diego, Department of Political Science, Fall 2006 & Fall 2007.

Visiting Professor, University of Paris I - Sorbonne, Department of Comparative Law, December 2005 & January 2009.

Visiting Research Scholar, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2009.

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