Hiram E. Chodosh
Dean and Hugh B. Brown Presidential Professor of Law
As the Hugh B. Brown Endowed Presidential Professor of Law, Hiram Chodosh serves as Dean of the College of Law and Senior Presidential Adviser on Global Strategy at the University of Utah. Dean Chodosh is a leading expert in institutional justice reform, and author of six books (including two forthcoming) and sixty major articles, book chapters, and special reports. He is also the editor of Law Across Borders with Aspen Publishers and Iraq Law and Policy with Oxford University Press. He has served as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in India and as an adviser to the UNDP in Asia, the World Bank Justice Reform Group, the IMF Legal Department, the State Department, and many supreme courts, ministries, and commissions in the Middle East and Asia. He directed the Global Justice Project: Iraq, an advisory think tank in Baghdad. Dean Chodosh is well known for designing and implementing innovative educational models to expand leadership experiences for students, interdisciplinary research projects, clinical and simulated skills training, the use of technology, and global legal education.
Chodosh received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from Wesleyan University. Prior to his appointment as Dean of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2006, Dean Chodosh served as the Hostetler Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he also directed the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and received the Distinguished Teacher Award in 2000. More recently, he was named by the Gandhi Alliance for Peace and Justice as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award for 2011.
Scholarship Highlights
Books
The Uniform Civil Code of India: Blueprint for Scholarly Discourse, co-authored with Shimon Shetreet (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2012)
Anti-Corruption in Iraq, co-authored with Navin Beekarry (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2012)
Corruption: Research Questions for Action (Global Justice Project: Iraq, 2010)
Global Justice Reform: A Comparative Methodology (NYU Press 2005)
Mediation in India: A Toolkit, co-authored with Niranjan Bhatt & Firdosh Kassam (U.S. Educ. Found. India 2004)
Book Series
Iraq Law and Policy, co-editor with Chibli Mallat (Oxford University Press, 2012-2014
Law Across Borders (Aspen Publishers, 2009-present)
Book Chapters
Corruption and Judicial Independence in Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (Shetreet & Forsyth eds., Martinus Nihjoff Publishers 2011)
Navigating the Independence/Accountability Dilemma in Judicial Reform in The Judicial Independence Project (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Mediating the Uniform Civil Code in The Uniform Civil Code, co-authored with Shimon Sheetreet (Sweet & Maxwell, 2010)
Articles
The 18th Camel: Mediating Mediation Reform in India, 9 German L.J. 251 (2008)
Comparative Dimensions of Law and Development, 100 ASIL Proc. 434 (2006)
Globalizing the U.S. Legal Curriculum: The Saja Paradigm, 37 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 843 (2004)
Local Mediation in Advance of Armed Conflict, 19 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 213 (2003)
Emergence from the Dilemmas of Justice Reform, 38 Tex. Int'l L.J. 587 (2003)
Reforming Judicial Reform Inspired by U.S. Models, 52 DePaul L. Rev. 351 (2002)
Teaching through Tragedy: The Challenges and Opportunities Created by 9/11, 34 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 189 (2002)
Comparing Comparison: In Search of Methodology, 84 Iowa L. Rev. 1025 (1999)
Indian Civil Justice System Reform: Limitation and Preservation of the Adversarial Process, co-authored with Stephen A. Mayo et al., 30 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol.1 (1998)
Egyptian Civil Justice Process Modernization: A Functional and Systemic Approach, co-authored with Stephen A. Mayo et al., 17 Mich. J. Int'l L. 865 (1996)
The Palestinian Legal Study: Consensus and Assessment of the New Palestinian Legal System, co-authored with Stephen A. Mayo, 38 Harv. Int'l L.J. 375 (1996)
An Interpretive Theory of International Law: The Distinction between Treaty and Customary Law, 28 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 973 (1995)
Neither Treaty nor Custom: The Emergence of Declarative International Law, 26 Tex. J. Int'l L. 87 (1991)
Encyclopedia Chapters
Indonesia, Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, 705-710 (2002)
Pakistan, Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, co-authored with Tassadug Hussain Jilani, 1247-1251 (2002)
Palestine, Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, co-authored with Sharhabeel Al Zaeem, 1255-1258 (2002)
Short Essays
Putting Our Veterans Back to Work: The Case for a National Service Academy, co-authored with Wayne Porter, Washington Times (Mar. 30, 2010)
Fighting Corruption: Indentifying Foundational Obstacles and New Directions, Daily Star (Nov. 19, 2009)
Without Identifying the Underlying Causes, We Cannot Combat Corruption, Daily Star (Nov. 5, 2009)
Combating World's Corruption is a Slippery Business, Daily Star (Oct. 22, 2009)
Mapping Corruption: Why Words Make a Difference, Daily Star (Oct. 8, 2009)
Corruption and Its Challenges: The Battle to Stop a Universal Problem, Daily Star (Sept. 25, 2009)
From Zero-Sum Conflicts to Federalism: Iraqis Offer the International Community a Way Forward, Daily Star (July 9, 2009) (also published in G8 Mag. (2009))
Pakistan and Lebanon: The Same Struggle, co-authored with Chibli Mallat, Daily Star (Jan. 4, 2008)
Filling the Justice Capacity Gap, co-authored with James Holbrook, G8 Mag. (2008)
Selected Talks and Presentations
Acceptance of Gandhi Peace Prize, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 2011
Arab Summer: Constitutional Challenges in the Middle East, Park City Institute, Park City, Utah, Aug. 2011
Why We Need a National Strategy for Rule of Law Training, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Berkeley, California, Apr. 2011
Future of Legal Profession and Legal Education, Radio West, KUER, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 2011
Presentation of National Criminal Justice Academy to Board of National District Attorneys Association, Scottsdale, Arizona, Nov. 2010
Envisioning a National Service Academy (keynote), Pro Bono Week Celebration, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 2010
Iraq in Reform, Arizona International Growth Group, Phoenix, Arizona, Sept. 2010
Global Justice Project: Iraq, Concluding Workshop (co-moderator), Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 2010
Internalizing Mediation Systems, Keynote at International Academy of Mediators, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 2010
Depolarizing Conflict (within Iraq and Other Hard Places), Questioning Minds Series, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 2010
Mediating the Uniform Civil Code in India, M.K. Nambyar Memorial Lectures, Chennai, India, Oct. 2009
Mediating the Uniform Civil Code in India, M.K. Nambyar Memorial Lectures, New Delhi, Oct. 2009
Judicial Independence in Iraq, Judicial Independence Project, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, Aug. 2009
Governance and Reform in the Middle East, IMF Middle East Section, Washington, D.C., May 2009
Global Justice Project Iraq, IMF Legal Department, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2009
The War-Crime Dilemma in Counterterrorism, FREE, Bozeman, Montana, Aug. 2008
New Ventures: Clinical Models for Innovation in Legal Education, Kaufman Foundation Conference, Los Angeles, California, July 2008
Corruption and Judicial Independence, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Mar. 2008
Access to Justice and ADR in India, Comparative Law Section of American Association of Law Schools, New York City, New York, Jan. 2008
The War-Crime Dilemma in Counterterrorism, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Oct. 2007
Law for America: Low Bono Services, Access to Justice Program, Utah State Bar Convention, Sun Valley, Idaho, July 2007
Local Dimensions of Global Justice Reform, Judicial Independence Project, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (delivered via videocast), June 2007
The Rankings Game (discussion leader and panelist), American Association of Law School Conference, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2007
Celebrating Diversity, Utah Minority Bar Association Banquet, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2006
Emerging from Judicial Corruption, Access to Justice Conference, sponsored by Yale Law School, LEARS, and the UNDP, New Delhi, India, Aug. 2006
Diagnostics for Judicial Reform, presentation for Justice Reform Group at the World Bank Group, Washington, D.C., Apr. 2006
Engaging Conflicts over Conflict Resolution in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Awareness Network, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Feb. 2006
A Navigational System for Justice Reform Research, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C., Dec. 2005
Comparative Justice Reform, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, California, Nov. 2005
The Role of Justice Reform Research in the World Bank Group, Workshop with the Justice Reform Group of the World Bank, Washington, D.C., May 2005
Reforming Institutional Reform in Asia and the Role of Foreign Experts, International Conference on Human Rights and Development: Approaches to the Reform of Governance in Asia, City University of Hong Kong, China, May 2005
Strategic Innovations in Legal Education, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., Mar. 2005
Moderator, Debate: Hussein Trial on Trial, (televised on C-Span), Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 2005
Global Justice Reform: Between Iraq and Other Hard Places, Chairing Ceremony for the Joseph C. Hostetler - Baker & Hostetler Chair, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 2004
Constitutional Design and Process in Iraq, Workshop with 45 Iraqi Law Professors, International Institute for the Higher Study of Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy, July 2004
Lessons for Mediation Reform: A Baker's Dozen, National Conference on Mediation and Case Management, Law Commission of India, sponsored by the Law Ministry (overview with Justice Chandrachud of Bombay High Court), India, May 2003
Emergence from the Dilemmas of Justice Reform, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, Apr. 2002
Teaching through Tragedy, Joint Program of Sections for the Law School Dean, Student Services, and Teaching Methods, American Association of Law Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 2002
Respondent, Stein Lecture on Human Rights, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 2001
Comparative Understanding of Judicial Councils (two-day workshop), IMF and Supreme Court of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 2001
Commentator, Private Institutions, Basic Rights, Yale Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, Malta, May 2001
Comparative Judicial Reform, (with Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa), National Law Commission, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 2001
Judicial Reform Methodology, National Law Commission and Supreme Court of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 2000
Invited Participant, Law and Pluralism, Yale Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, Instanbul, Turkey, May 2000
Judicial Reform: Trends, Challenges, Strategies, Ankara Bar Union, Ankara, Turkey, May 2000
Legal Education: Trends, Challenges, Strategies, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, May 2000
Judicial Reform in Member Countries, Eight Presentations in two-day workshop on Recruitment and Training Policies; Organization of Courts and Support of Judges; Independence of the Judiciary; Accountability and Discipline of the Judiciary; Corruption and Misuse of Power; Effectiveness of the Judicial Process; Enforcement of Court Decisions; and Prosectutors and the Legal Profession, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2000
Rapporteur, Assessment of the Prospects for Judicial Reform in Indonesia, International Monetary Fund, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 1999
Commentator, Sources of Law, The Rule of Law, Yale Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, Fez, Morocco, May 1999
Comparing Judicial Systems in the U.S. and Middle East, Casablanca Bar Association, Casablanca, Morocco, May 1999
Moderator, Interstitial Actors and Their Crimes, Michigan Journal of International Law, Symposium on Transnational Crime, University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Feb. 1999
Invited Participant, Law and Economy, Yale Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, New Haven, Connecticut, May 1998
Co-Facilitator, Transnationalization of the Legal Profession, Institute on the Future of the Legal Profession, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1993
Special Projects
Global Justice Project Iraq
Commentaries on wide range of legal issues, including constitutional revisions, judicial framework legislation, anti-corruption legislation, and other topics (2008-2010), www.gjpi.org
UNDP
Corruption from a Human Development Perspective, UNDP Asia (2007)
World Bank Group
Diagnostics for Justice Reform: A Handbook (Apr. 2006)
Assessing Assessment: Evaluating the Role of Bank Research in Justice Reform (July 2005)
International Monetary Fund
Assessment of the Blueprints for Judicial Reform in Indonesia (Feb. 2004)
The Prospects for a Judicial Council in Indonesia (Sept. 2002)
The Prospects for Judicial Reform in Indonesia: Part III (Jan. 2001)
The Prospects for Indonesian Judicial Reform: Part II (Nov. 2000)
Prospects for Indonesian Judicial Reform (Sept. 1999)
Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems
Combating Judicial Corruption in Tanzania (Aug. 2001)
Bangladesh Legal Study: Preliminary Determinations of the BLSG (May 2000)
Italian Legal Study: Phase Two (June 1999)
Jordanian Civil Justice Reform: Phase Four (June 1999)
Pakistani Legal Study: Asian Development Bank Report (Aug. 1998)
Indian Civil Justice System Modernization: Implementation Plan (Jan. 1997)
Palestinian Legal Study: Solutions to Contemporary Problems in the Palestinian Legal Systems (July 1996)
The Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Justice Report on Recommended Solutions to Backlog and Delay in the Civil Courts: Civil Justice Conference (Mar. 1996)
1993 Tunisia Legal Exchange Program: Preliminary Report of the American Legal Delegation (Apr. 1993)