Daniel Abebe
Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Daniel Abebe is the Dean of Columbia Law School and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. Before joining Columbia, Dean Abebe was vice provost for academic affairs and governance at the University of Chicago from 2018 to 2024. He was the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as deputy dean from 2016 to 2018.
Dean Abebe’s scholarship centers on the relationship between the constitutional law of U.S. foreign affairs and public international law. His research has been published in leading academic journals, such as International Studies Quarterly, The University of Chicago Law Review, The Supreme Court Review, and the Stanford, Chicago, Virginia, and University of Pennsylvania journals of international law, and he has presented at conferences and symposia around the world. Dean Abebe has taught Property, Foreign Relations Law, Conflict of Laws, Public International Law, and Legal Issues in International Transactions.
Dean Abebe is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Higher Learning Commission. He earned his JD from Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Chicago. He joined the Columbia faculty in 2024.
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