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Michael D. Ramsey

Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School

Principal Subjects:

· Foreign Relations & 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 and 2015-16; University Professor, 2010-11; Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, 2013-2020; Class of 1975 Professor, 2022; Warren Distinguished Professor since 2022; University Professor, 2024-2025.

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

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

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

External partner, Centre for Enterprise Liability, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, 2013.

Hyundai Fellowship, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2016.

Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Kuwait International Law School, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2017.

Member, Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, 2021.

Advisor, American Law Institute (ALI), Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, 2024-2025

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