Dr. Mitchel Lasser

Biography

Mitchel Lasser is the Jack G. Clarke Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, where he serves as the Director of Graduate Studies and co-directs the Cornell Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law in Paris. His academic focus includes comparative law, European Union law, comparative constitutional law, and judicial processes. Since joining the Cornell faculty in 2004, Professor Lasser has previously held the Samuel D. Thurman Professorship at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law. He holds degrees from Yale College (B.A., 1986), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1989), Yale University (M.A. in French literature, 1990; Ph.D. in comparative literature, 1995). Professor Lasser served as a Fulbright Scholar in France (1993-1994), where he researched the French civil judicial system. He has been a visiting professor at several prestigious institutions, including University of Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, NYU School of Law, and Sciences Po. His writings include notable articles published in Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Cornell Law Review. He authored monographs such as 'Judicial Deliberations: Comparative Analysis of Judicial Transparency and Legitimacy' and 'Judicial Transformations: Rights Revolution in European Courts', both published by Oxford University Press.

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