INTRODUCTION: PROFESSOR LEILA NADYA SADAT: BRINGING THE WORLD TO WASHULAW AND WASHULAW TO THE WORLD.

• Date: 01 January 2022
• Published date: 01 January 2022
• Author: Seelinger, Kim Thuy,Tokarz, Karen
• Author: Seelinger, Kim Thuy

We would like to compliment and congratulate our colleague, Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, widely considered one of the world's leading legal experts on crimes against humanity. She is an internationally renowned human rights expert specializing in international criminal law, public international law, and foreign affairs. Now, at the close of her tenure as Director of the Law School's Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, we have come together with others from around the world and the student editors of the Global Studies Law Review to pay tribute to our colleague.

Over the past decade and a half, Professor Sadat contributed all-star service as the Director of the "Harris Institute." While the challenge of directing a program, in addition to one's teaching, research, and scholarship, is no easy task. Professor Sadat took the reins of the Institute with robust leadership, vision, and initiative. With her at the helm, the Institute provided extraordinary educational and professional opportunities for our students, for the academy, and for the world.

For our students, Professor Sadat has regularly taught international law, international criminal law, international human rights, and her beloved seminar on crimes against...