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Oona A. Hathaway
Born
Oona Anne Hathaway

1972 (age 51–52)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Legal scholar, author
TitleGerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School
SpouseJacob S. Hacker
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholar
Sub-disciplineInternational law
InstitutionsYale Law School (2002–2008, 2009–present)
UC Berkeley School of Law (2008–2009)
Boston University School of Law (2000–2002)
Main interestsTreaties, international and constitutional law
Notable worksThe Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World (with Scott J. Shapiro)
WebsiteYale Law School

Oona Anne Hathaway (born 1972) is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School,[1] Professor of the Yale University Department of Political Science, Professor at the Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Director of the Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges. She is also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace.[2] She has been a member of the Advisory Committee on International Law for the Legal Adviser at the United States Department of State since 2005. In 2014-15, she took leave to serve as Special Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, where she was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence.[3] She is the Director of the annual Yale Cyber Leadership Forum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Early life and education

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Hathaway was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. While in high school, she participated in the We the People and Mock Trial programs as a student at Lincoln High School, where she was also student body president.[4]

She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1994; She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a John Harvard Scholar, and on the Dean’s List. Furthermore, at Harvard, she received the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, the Gerda Richards Crosby Prize, and the Elizabeth Agaziz Award. Hathaway received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1997, where she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal,[5][6] the managing/articles editor of the Yale Journal of International Law, and participant in the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic.

Career

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After law school graduation, Hathaway clerked for D.C. Circuit Judge Patricia Wald and, during the 1998 Term, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. Following her clerkships, Hathaway held fellowships at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Center for the Ethics and the Professions.[7][8] She was an associate professor at Boston University School of Law and served as Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law.[9][10][11] In 2014–15, Hathaway took leave from teaching at Yale Law School to serve as the Special Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, a position for which she received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence.

Hathaway is currently the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Professor of the Yale University Department of Political Science, Professor at the Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Director of the Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges, an Executive Editor at Just Security, and a nonresident scholar in the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. [12][13]

From 2009 to 2013, 2010 to 2014, 2013 to 2017, and 2016 to 2020, the last period in which a study was done, Hathaway was one of the ten most cited international law scholars.[14][15][16][17] She was both the only woman in the top 10 and also youngest person on both lists. She is also among the top 10 most cited legal scholars in any field born in 1970 or after.[18] Her book with Scott J. Shapiro, The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World, received wide acclaim by The New Yorker,[19] The Financial Times,[20] and The Economist,[21] among others. She has published widely and been quoted in the media as an expert on international law, national security law, the law of war, foreign relations law, and constitutional law.[22][23][24][25][26] Recently, she has been a prominent commentator on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Personal life

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Hathaway is married to Jacob S. Hacker, professor of political science at Yale University. They have two children.[27]

Scholarship

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Books

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Articles

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Foreign relations law

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War and national security

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Human rights Law

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Oona A. Hathaway | Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  2. ^ "All Experts". carnegieendowment.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  3. ^ "Oona Hathaway | Department of Political Science". politicalscience.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  4. ^ Finnemore, Melody. "Oregon State Bar Bulletin June 2008 – Planting the Seeds: An Early Interest in the Law Takes Root in Classroom Law Project's Programs". Oregon State Bar.
  5. ^ "Faculty Page for Oona A. Hathaway". Yale Law School. 20 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Volume 106 Masthead: The Yale Law Journal Vol. 106, No. 1, October 1996". The Yale Law Journal.
  7. ^ "Faculty Page". Yale Law School. 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics". Harvard University.
  9. ^ "Faculty Page". Yale Law School. 20 February 2024.
  10. ^ Tam, Derek (April 8, 2009). "In Stith, Law School gets 'real world' leader". Yale Daily News. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  11. ^ "Yale hosting panel discussion on drones Saturday". San Francisco Gate. April 25, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  12. ^ "Oona A. Hathaway – Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  13. ^ "Just Security - Oona Hathaway".
  14. ^ Leiter, Brian. "Top Ten Law Faculty (by area) in Scholarly Impact, 2009–2013". Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings.
  15. ^ "Brian Leiter's Law School Reports". leiterlawschool.typepad.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  16. ^ Leiter, Brian. "20 Most-Cited International Law & Security Scholars in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017". Brian Leiter's Law School Reports.
  17. ^ Leiter, Brian. "20 Most-Cited International Law & Security Faculty in the U.S., 2016-2020". Brian Leiter's Law School Reports.
  18. ^ Shapiro, Fred. "The Most-Cited Legal Scholars Revisited". University of Chicago Law Review.
  19. ^ Menand, Louis (2017-09-11). "What Happens When War Is Outlawed". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  20. ^ MacMillan, Margaret (September 1, 2017). "Law and Peace: The Internationalists by Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro" (PDF). The Internationalists. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  21. ^ "The liberal order of the past 70 years is under threat". The Economist. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  22. ^ Savage, Charlie (January 25, 2008). "Bush plan for Iraq would be a first". Boston.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  23. ^ Paul, Jenny (November 20, 2008). "US-Iraq security pact may be in violation, Congress is told". Boston.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  24. ^ Hathaway, Oona; Delahunt, Bill (November 26, 2008). "Opinion: Bush should include Congress". Boston Globe - Boston.com. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  25. ^ Hathaway, Oona A.; Goldsmith, Jack (December 27, 2015). "Restraining government workers' speech". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  26. ^ Hathaway, Oona A.; Ackerman, Bruce (March 9, 2011). "Blog: It's Not Up to the President to Impose a No-Fly Zone Over Libya". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  27. ^ Jacob S. Hacker; Paul Pierson (2011). Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, (Acknowledgements). Simon and Schuster.
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