Bicycles, Versailles, and the Art of Diplomacy One of the more unexpected images from the recent G7 Summit in France was not a negotiation table, a communiqué, or a press conference. It was a bicycle. French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly presented personalized bicycles to G7 leaders, including Donald Trump. Beyond the gesture itself, the image […]
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Launching the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International and European Rule of Law Webinar Series As Chair of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest Group on International and European Rule of Law, I am delighted to launch the ESIL Interest Group on International and European Rule of Law Webinar […]
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Twenty Students, Twenty Perspectives on Climate Change Law One of the most rewarding aspects of teaching is discovering which questions students consider most important when given the opportunity to explore complex legal challenges independently. In my Climate Change Law course at the University of Tulsa College of Law, twenty students completed twenty individual research projects […]
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Serving the AALS Community in Energy, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law I am delighted to continue serving for a second year as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law. I am also grateful to join and to have been appointed Treasurer […]
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Technology, AI, and Climate Change Technology is often presented as a solution to climate change. But what if it is also part of the problem? One thought-provoking presentations in my Climate Change Law course at the University of Tulsa College of Law explored the complex relationship between technology, artificial intelligence, and climate change. Students examined […]
Read MoreWhen Reading Comes Alive One of the great joys of visiting museums with children is that they often ask the questions that matter most. Yesterday, at Palazzo Altemps in Rome, my son Leonardo stopped in front of the Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus, a spectacular Roman relief depicting a fierce battle between Romans and Barbarians. The sculpture […]
Read MoreABILA CLE Webinar Reflections (6/6) | Paolo Davide Farah | Epistemic Governance, Legal Pluralism, and the Reconfiguration of Global Order This post is part of a reflection series following the ABILA CLE Webinar Indigenous Legal Orders, Legal Pluralism, and the Coloniality of Method Across Comparative Law, International Law, IP, and Trade Governance, co-sponsored by ABILA […]
Read MoreMentoring the Next Generation of Legal Scholars I am grateful to the University of Rome Tor Vergata for inviting me once again as Visiting Professor and, this year, for the first time within its PhD Program. For the second consecutive year, I have the privilege of spending part of the summer semester in Rome, where […]
Read MoreWhat Do Law Students Choose to Study When Given the Freedom to Explore Climate Change Law? One of the most rewarding aspects of teaching is discovering which questions students consider most important when given the opportunity to explore complex legal challenges on their own. Over the course of this semester in my Climate Change Law […]
Read MoreClimate Justice, Rights, and Vulnerable Communities Who bears the burden of climate change? This question was at the center of two student group presentations in my Climate Change Law course at the University of Tulsa College of Law. The first examined environmental racism through issues such as zoning, infrastructure allocation, disaster response, and Title VI. […]
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