Commencement 2013
The Law Center's main Commencement ceremony will take place as scheduled on Healy Lawn, and the diploma ceremonies to follow will be at the scheduled sun sites. Because there is some uncertainty in the weather forecast, please dress accordingly and bring an umbrella.
Douglas B. Rutzen
President and CEO, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., Cornell; J.D., Yale
B.A., Cornell University; J.D., Yale; Professor Rutzen is President and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), which promotes the legal framework for...
Continue ReadingB.A., Cornell University; J.D., Yale; Professor Rutzen is President and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), which promotes the legal framework for civil society and public participation in over 100 countries. Prof. Rutzen previously taught International Civil Society Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prof. Rutzen also served as Legal Advisor to the Czechoslovak Parliament, taught at Charles Law Faculty in Prague, and was an associate at Coudert Brothers, where he worked on international law and Supreme Court litigation. For sixteen years, Prof. Rutzen served as co-counsel on the lawsuit to hold Libya responsible for the bombing of Pan Am 103, resulting in a $2.7 billion settlement in that case.
