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

• 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 humanity. Ever a team player, she has even taught international business transactions when needed,

For our students, Professor Sadat initiated and serves as faculty advisor for the WashULaw Jessup International Moot Court Competition, the most prestigious of the international law student competitions. In no small part due to Professor Sadat's efforts, WashULaw has made it to the height of the international stage, competing against several hundred law schools from 100 countries and jurisdictions to reach the Jessup finals 12 times.

For our students, Professor Sadat has provided research opportunities at international criminal tribunals focused on atrocities committed in Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Sierra Leone. Thanks to her deep and enduring relationships in the Hague, Professor Sadat has opened up research and internship opportunities for our students at the international courts based there, as well. Some of these research opportunities evolved into semester and summer public interest law internships, and some evolved into post-graduate positions. She also has facilitated summer internships for students to study at The Hague and Xiamen academies of international law, in conjunction with the Dagen-Legomsky...