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Beth van Schaack, JD  
CDDRL Visiting Scholar 2009-2010 (former)

CDDRL
616 Serra St.
Encina Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-6055


Research Interests
International law; international criminal and humanitarian law; human rights; transitional justice and civil procedure; conflicts of law and comparative law


+PDF+ Beth van Schaack's Curriculum Vitae (65.5KB, modified August 2009)
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Beth van Schaackwas a visiting scholar at CDDRL for the academic year 2009-10, researching on the topic of "The Receptivity of International Institutions to the Legal Claims of Women." Van Schaack also an associate professor at Santa Clara University Law School, teaching courses such as International Criminal Law, Pleading and Civil Procedure, and International Human Rights Theory and Practice.

Prior to teaching at Santa Clara University, she worked at Morrison & Foerster and at the Center for Justice and Accountability, and was a law clerk in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. And since 1996, van Schaack serves as a legal advisor to the Documentation Center of Cambodia.

She received a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1991 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1997.

Other affiliations
Santa Clara University