Oona A. Hathaway is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She earned her B.A. at Harvard University and her J.D. at Yale Law School. Before joining the faculty at Yale, she served as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and for D.C. Circuit Judge Patricia Wald, held fellowships at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Center for the Ethics and the Professions, and served as an Associate Professor at Boston University School of Law. Her current research focuses on how international law shapes countries' behavior. Her recent articles include Revisionism and Rationalism in International Law, Between Power and Principle: An Integrated Theory of International Law, The Cost of Compliance, and Do Human Rights Treaties Make a Difference? A 2004 Carnegie Scholar, she is working on a book on the promise and limits of international law.

Education
J.D., Yale, 1997
B.A., Harvard, 1994

Courses Taught
International Law Research and Writing
Introduction to Transnational Law
Law and Globalization
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