Biography

Steve Charnovitz teaches public and private international law at George Washington University. He write on internationalism including US foreign relations law, public international law, the policy challenges of climate change, the pursuit of human rights, and the institutions of global governance.

From 1998-2004, he practiced law for six years at the firm now known as Wilmer Hale in Washington, D.C.

From 1995 to 1999, he was Director of the Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) located at Yale University.

From 1991-1995, he served as policy director of the US Competitiveness Policy Council (USCPC), The Council issued four reports to the U.S. Congress and President.

From 1987 to 1991, he was a Legislative Assistant to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Wright and Foley).

Early in his career, he was an analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor with a portfolio including worker training cooperation with Saudi Arabia and establishment of the Commerce-Labor Adjustment Action Committee (CLAAC). In 1983, he helped to implement one of the first worker rights conditions in an international trade program. These negotiations were conducted in Haiti, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras.

Professor Charnovitz serves on the Editorial Boards of the World Trade Review, the Journal of Environment & Development, and the American Journal of International Law (honorary).

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the American Law Institute.

He is a member of the Bar of the US Court of International Trade, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the US Supreme Court.