Amy J. Cohen

Assistant Professor of Law

Professor Amy Cohen teaches property, international dispute resolution, law and development, and mediation. Her research interests include dispute resolution theory and practice, particularly in international and transnational development contexts.

She has worked on community development initiatives in Nepal, Thailand, and Ghana.

Prior to joining the Moritz faculty, Professor Cohen taught at the Kathmandu School of Law in Nepal as a Fulbright Scholar. Upon her return to the U.S., she clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado. At Moritz, she is associate director of the Project on Law and Democratic Development. She is also affiliated faculty at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies.

Professor Cohen is a graduate of Rutgers University and Harvard Law School. During law school, she was a Hewlett Fellow in the Program on Negotiation, and worked at the White House and State Department.

During fall 2009, she will teach law and development at the University of Turin, Faculty of Law as a visiting professor.