Steve Charnovitz teaches at George Washington University Law School and writes on international trade, international law, U.S. foreign relations law, and environmental sustainability. Professor Charnovitz hails from Savannah, GA. He received a BA from Yale College, a JD from the Yale Law School, and an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Prior to joining the faculty in 2004, he practiced law for six years at the firm now known as Wilmer Hale in Washington, D.C. From 1995 to 1999, he was Director of the Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) located at Yale University. From 1991 to 1995, he was Policy Director of the Competitiveness Policy Council. The council issued four reports to the U.S. Congress and President. From 1987 to 1991, Professor Charnovitz was a Legislative Assistant to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Wright and Foley). Early in his career, he was an analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor where his assignments included investigating foreign labor conditions, trade adjustment assistance, and technical cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

Professor Charnovitz serves or has served on the Editorial Boards of the World Trade Review; Cosmopolis, A Review of Cosmopolitics; Journal of Environment & Development; American Journal of International Law; and Journal of International Economic Law. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Law Institute.

Professor Charnovitz is the author, co-author, or co-editor of four books and over 210 articles, essays, or book reviews. He is admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia and is a member of the bar of the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

He blogs at International Economic Law and Policy Blog. He is on Twitter @SteveCharnovitz.

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