Center for International & Comparative Law

Rachel Brewster

Jeffrey and Bettysue Hughes Professor of Law, Co-director

Brewster's scholarly research and teaching focus on the areas of international economic law and international relations theory. She came to Duke Law in July 2012 from Harvard University where she was an assistant professor of law and affiliate faculty member of The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Before beginning her academic career, she served as a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School and clerked for Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Laurence R. Helfer

Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law, Co-director

Helfer is an expert in the areas of international law and institutions, international adjudication, human rights (including LGBT rights), and international intellectual property law and policy. He joined the faculty after serving as a professor of law and director of the International Legal Studies Program at Vanderbilt University Law School. He has also taught at Harvard Law School, Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, Princeton University, the University of Chicago Law School, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. 

Timothy Meyer

Richard Allen/Cravath Distinguished Professor in International Business Law, Co-director

Timothy Meyer is an expert in international law—with specialties in international trade, investment and environmental law—and U.S. foreign relations law. He is co-director of Duke Law’s Center for International and Comparative Law. Meyer also serves on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law and is an elected member of the American Law Institute.