SJD Candidates

  • Salman M. Alasiry portrait

    Salman M. Alasiry

    LL.M (Cum Laude), Duke Law, 2011; LL.B (Top of class), King Abdulaziz University, 2005
    Fields of Academic Interest
    My research interests include international finance, financial intermediation and systemic risk, Basel accords, theory and practice of Islamic finance, banks governance and social responsibility, shadow banking and central banking.

  • Anas Albanyan portrait

    Anas Albanyan

    LLMLE, Duke Law School, ’12; J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, ’11; M.S., DePaul University, ’07
    Academic Interests:
    Startups, Entrepreneurship, Business Associations, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Regional Advantage and Ecosystems

  • Xiao Recio Blanco portrait

    Xiao Recio Blanco

    LLM Duke University, 2012; Licenciado en Derecho (J.D. equivalent). Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 2005.
    Fields of Academic Interest
    Environmental law and policy, ocean and coastal law and policy, international law, comparative US-European Union Law.

  • Wen-Yu Chia portrait

    Wen-Yu Chia

    LL.B., National ChengChi University (2006); LL.M., National Taiwan University (2010); LL.M., Duke University, School of Law (2012)
    Academic Interests:
    Constitutional law and constitutionalism; democracy theory, divided society and institutional design; interdisciplinary legal study

  • Mong-Hwa Chin portrait

    Mong-Hwa Chin

    Master of Laws, Duke University, 2011; Master of Laws, National Chiao Tung University, 2010; Bachelor of English Literature and Foreign Languages, National Chung Cheng University, 2006; Bachelor of Laws, National Chung Cheng University, 2006

  • Giancarolo Frosio

    Giancarlo F. Frosio

    Master of Laws (LL.M.), Duke University, Durham, NC, 2006; Master of Laws (LL.M.), Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 2003; Laurea in Giurisprudenza (JD), Università Cattolica di Milano, 2000
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property, Copyright, Legal History, History of Creativity and Authorship, Public Domain, Digitization, Internet and User-Based Creativity, Network Information Economy, Access to Knowledge (A2K), and Identity Politics.

  • Rasmus Goksor

    LL.M. in American Law, Boston University School of Law, 2005; Juris Kandidatexamen (equivalent of B.A and LL.M. in Swedish Law), Gothenburg University School of Law and Economics, 2004
    Academic Interests
    Private Law Theory, Non-State Law, European Integration, American Federalism, Entrepreneurship

  • Shimrit Itay

    LLB, Tel Aviv University , 2001; LLM, Tel Aviv University, 2005; LLM, Duke University, 2007
    Academic Interests:
    Criminal law, National Security, Constitutional law

  • Avraham Osterman portrait

    Avraham Osterman

    LL.M, (cum laude), Duke University, 2008; LL.M, Bar-Ilan University, 2006; LL.B, Bar-Ilan University, 2005
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property with an emphasis on Copyright, Collective Management, Mass Digitization and Access to Knowledge.

  • Pedro Paranaguá portrait

    Pedro Paranaguá

    LL.M. (cum laude), IP, Internet & Policy, University of London, Queen Mary, 2005 (scholarship from the European Commission)
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property (IP) rights, net neutrality, ISP liability, data protection, information privacy, free speech, Internet, technology, digital copyright, new business models, and policy-making, both on the international, regional, and national levels, with a focus in Brazil and WIPO.

  • Andrew Rens portrait

    Andrew Rens

    Bachelor of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991; Bachelor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 1993; Master of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 1999
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property; specifically access to knowledge, the knowledge commons (open science, open education and open legal information), open and public licenses including Creative Commons

  • Ana Santos portrait

    Ana Santos

    LLM, Duke, 2008; LLM, Lisbon Catholic University, 2007; Law Degree, Lisbon Catholic University, 2006
    Academic Interests:
    International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law; Copyright Law; Patent Law; Intellectual Property Policy and Development; Intellectual Property and Human Rights

  • Dian A. H. Shah portrait

    Dian A. H. Shah

    LL.B (Hons), Warwick University, 2008; LL.M, Duke University, 2009
    Academic Interests:
    Human Rights, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law and Design (with focus on transitional democracies and divided societies)

  • Nir Shnaiderman portrait

    Nir Shnaiderman

    LL.M., Duke University School of Law, 2011; LL.M., Bar-Ilan University School of Law, 2000 (Isr.); LL.B. (JD Equivalent), Bar-Ilan University School of Law, 1999 (Isr.) , 1999 (Isr.)
    Academic Interests:
    International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, The Law Of Armed Conflicts, Criminal Law

  • Cheng-Yun Tsang portrait

    Cheng-Yun Tsang

    LL.M, Duke University School of Law, 2011; M.B.A in Business Administration, National Taiwan University, 2007; B.A in Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, 2005
    Academic Interests:
    Financial Reform and Regulatory Revolution in Greater China Area, Regulation and Supervision of Shadow Banking System, Regulatory Reform of Cross-Border Financial Conglomerates