iiel DIRECTOR:

John H. Jackson, University Professor

Professor Jackson joined the Georgetown faculty in 1998 after a distinguished career as the Hessel E.Yntema Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He is a preeminent figure in international trade law. Professor Jackson has published numerous books, articles, and chapters, and he has worked with governmental, international, and academic institutions throughout the world. In 1992 he received the Wolfgang Friedman Memorial Award for lifelong contribution to the field of international law.

iiel DEPUTY DIRECTOR:

A. Jane Bradley, Adjunct Professor

Prior to joining Georgetown Law, Professor Bradley served in the Executive Office of the President of the United States for more than twenty years, primarily in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).  She began her career at USTR in 1981 as a White House Fellow, after four years in private law practice.  While at USTR, Ms. Bradley was the lead U.S. negotiator on the agreement that created the World Trade Organization WTO) dispute settlement procedures, and the chief U.S. lawyer for the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.  She held various senior positions at USTR, including Deputy General Counsel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Dispute Resolution, Legal Advisor to the USTR delegation in Geneva, and Chair of the interagency “Section 301” Committee.  After the creation of the WTO in 1995, she was tapped to establish and head a new office of Monitoring and Enforcement at USTR, to oversee litigation of trade disputes under the WTO and other trade agreements.  She was appointed as the first Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement in 1996, and served in that position until her retirement from government service in 2002.

iiel senior fellow and

program officer, academy of wto law and policy:

Christine Q. Washington, J.D.

Ms. Washington previously was Director of Professional Development in the Law Center Office of Graduate Programs.  Prior to joining the Law Center in 2002, she spent four years in private practice.  Associated with the Washington, DC offices of Wiley, Rein & Fielding and Pepper Hamilton, she counseled clients in the areas of export controls, international trade and international telecommunications.  She earned her J.D. cum laude from American University, Washington College of Law, and her B.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.  During law school, she clerked for the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.  Before obtaining her law degree, Ms. Washington worked in the Client Development & Communications Department of the Washington, DC office of Shaw Pittman.  She also served as a speechwriter to former Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat and organized conflict management colloquia throughout the Middle East on behalf of non-profit and educational organizations. 

iiel program and research assistant:

Nicholas M.A. Smith

Mr. Smith is a J.D. candidate at the Law Center.  Before coming to Georgetown and IIEL he completed an M.A. at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with concentrations in Conflict Management and International Finance.  He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Côte d’Ivoire from 1999 to 2002 and later worked at Peace Corps headquarters.  He graduated from Hampshire College in 1998, and speaks French and Arabic.

JIEL Editorial Assistant:

Michelle Grando

Editorial and Administrative Assistant to Prof. Jackson:

Mark V. Stratman

Before coming to IIEL, Mr. Stratman completed Cornell University’s FALCON program, a year-long intensive Mandarin language program held at both Cornell University and Qinghua University in Beijing.  He has worked as a legal research assistant for John Tulac, a solo practitioner in international business law and volunteered as a case analyst for the Northern California Innocence Project.  He graduated with departmental honors in Philosophy from Santa Clara University in 2004.