Associate Professor of Law
J.D. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; LL.M., S.J.D., Harvard

Office Location: McDonough 460

Assistant: Lydia G. McDaniel

Phone: 202-662-9406

Biography

Alvaro Santos is as an Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He teaches and writes in the areas of international trade, law and economic development, transnational labor law, and legal theory. He is author of The Word Bank's Uses of the "Rule of Law" Promise in Economic Development, in The New Law and Development: A Critical Appraisal (Cambridge 2006), which he co-edited with David Trubek.  Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty in 2007, Professor Santos taught at the University of Texas as a Visiting Assistant Professor (2005-2007). He has also taught at Tufts University, Melbourne Law School, and at the University of Turin-ILO Master's program. Professor Santos serves on the editorial boards of the Law & Social Inquiry journal and the Law and Development Review. He earned a S.J.D. and LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a LL.B. from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).