• Golden Gate University (San Francisco), Professor of Law
• University of California (Berkeley), Ph.D. candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
• Universität zu Köln (2004-2006), Visiting Scholar
• im WS 2006/07 DAAD-Gastprofessorin an der Freien Universität Berlin

Forschungsinteressen

• Die politische Rolle von juristischen Berufsgruppen (legal professionals) in EU Governance
  
• Föderalismustheorie
  
• Ziviljustiz (Prozessuales Recht, IPR, Justizverwaltung)
  
• Sozialtheorie, z.Z. auch Migration im deutschen sowie im europäischen Recht

Further areas of Specialization: International Economic Law (Transactions & Regulation), Private International Law, European and Comparative Law

Further Information

• Former practicing international attorney in Germany (Gleiss, Lutz, Hootz & Partner) and in the United States (Foley & Lardner)
• Taught at Freie Universitaet, Berlin; Tulane Law School, ELTE Law School and Central European University (both in Budapest, Hungary); SMU School of Law; Harvard Law School (Graduate Program); and American University of Armenia (Yerevan)
• Chair, Private International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law
• Co-rapporteur, Committee on Regional Economic Development Law of the International Law Association
• Has numerous publications on international and comparative law, including "Rousing the Sleeping Dog: The Validity Exception to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods"; "The First Five-Year Span (1989-1994): Law and Religion in Post-Communist Hungary"; "Subregional Coalescence in European Regional Integration"; and "European Integration through the Kaleidoscope: the View from the Central and East European Margins"
• Member of the Illinois State Bar Association

Some Publications