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Raj Bhala

The University of Kansas School of Law Green Hall 1535 West 15th Street Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7577 U.S.A. Tel. 785-864-9224 (Work) Fax. 785-864-5054 (Work) www.law.ku.edu bhala@ku.edu

CURRENT ACADEMIC POST Rice Distinguished Professor, The University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas (8/03-present, with tenure, full professorship, and University Chair) Additional Appointment: Associate Member, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas (4/04-present). Honors: University Chaired Professorship (highest accolade). Research Interest: International Trade, especially developing and Islamic countries, agriculture, national security, and remedies. Teaching: (1) International Trade Law (yearly course) (2) Advanced International Law (yearly course) (3) Islamic Law (yearly course) (4) Public International Law (occasional) (5) Istanbul Law Program (Comparative/Islamic Law, Summer 2005)

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Administration: (1) University Distinguished Professor Steering Committee (6/04-6/07). (2) University Committee on Distinguished Professorships (advises Office of the Provost on selection) (9/04-6/07) (3) Member, Executive Board, Kansas African Studies Center (5/06-present). (4) Director, Two-Year J.D. Program for Foreign Lawyers (3/04-present). (5) Director, Doctoral (S.J.D.) Program (5/06-present). (6) Member, International Programs Committee (8/03-present). (7) Co-Faculty Advisor, International Law Society (10/03-present). (8) Faculty Advisor, St. Thomas More Society (1/04-present) and KANSAS JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY for annual international and comparative law issue (5/04-present). (9) Faculty Advisor, Asian-American Law Students Association

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSTS Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. (7/98-8/03, with tenure, full professorship, and Law School Chair) Additional Appointment: Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs...