Milena Sterio
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 Title: Professor
Charles R. Emrick Jr.- Calfee Halter & Griswold Professor of Law
 Dept: Law
 Office: LB 129
 Phone: 216-687-3852
 Email: M.STERIO@csuohio.edu
 Blog: http://intlawandpolitics.blogspot.com
 Address: 2121 Euclid Ave. LB 129, Cleveland, OH 44115

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Research Keywords:
international law, commercial law, alternative dispute resolution
 
Education:
B.A., French literature/Political Science, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, 1998
Maitrise en droit franco-americain, University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2002
M.A., Private International Law, University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne, 2003
J.D., Cornell Law School, 2002
 
Brief Bio:
Professor Sterio earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2002. At Cornell, she was Order of the Coif, general editor of the Cornell International Law Journal and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2003, she earned a master's degree, cum laude, in Private International Law from the University Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne; in 2002, she earned a Maitrise en droit franco-americain cum laude, also from the Sorbonne. Her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science and French Literature is from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Before joining the Cleveland-Marshall faculty, she was an associate in the New York City firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and an Adjunct Law Professor at Cornell, where she taught in the International War Crimes Clinic. Her research interests are in the field of international law, international criminal law, international human rights, law of the seas, and in particular maritime piracy, as well as private international law.  She has published in the American University Law Review, the Connecticut International Law Journal, the Fordham International Law Journal, the Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, the Florida Journal of International Law, and the UC Davis of International Law and Policy.  In her capacity as expert on maritime piracy law, she has participated in the meetings of the United Nations Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, and has been a member of the Piracy Expert Group, an academic think tank functioning within the auspices of the Public International Law and Policy Group.  Professor Sterio is one of  six permanent editors of the prestigious IntLawGrrls blog.  In the spring 2013, Professor Sterio was a Fulbright Scholar in Baku, Azerbaijan, at Baku State University.

Courses:  Civil Procedure, International Law, International War Crimes, Commercial Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
 
Research Interests:
International Law
International Human Rights
International Criminal Law
Private International Law
 
Teaching Areas:
International Law
International War Crimes
Commercial Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
 
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
 
Professional Experience:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, associate, 2003-06 (Paris and New York offices)
 
University Service:
International Programs Committee
Faculty Appointments Committee