ELIZABETH B. LUDWIN KING Visiting Assistant Professor Wake Forest University School of Law Campus Box 7206, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Office (336) 758-4281, Cell (919) 428-7460, kingeb@wfu.edu ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Wake Forest University School of Law Visiting Assistant Professor Courses Taught: Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights 2010-present Winston-Salem, NC Universidad de Palermo 2010 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law Buenos Aires, Argentina Course Taught: U.S. Constitutional Law Boston College Law School 2005-2008 Assistant Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice Chestnut Hill, MA EDUCATION The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 2009 LL.M. in International Law Medford, MA Scholarship awarded 2008 Georgetown University Law Center 2002 Juris Doctor Washington, DC Research Assistant for Edith Brown Weiss (2001-2002) Research Assistant for Jaime Infante (2000) Intern for Judge Gladys Kessler, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2000-2001) Intern for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2000) Participant in the International Women s Human Rights Clinic (2002) Duke University 1998 Bachelor of Arts Durham, NC Majors: Comparative Area Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies Minor: Political Science RESEARCH INTERESTS International criminal law and war crimes; the rule of law in post-conflict societies; transitional justice and mechanisms of accountability; the use of force and humanitarian intervention; child trafficking and forced migration; the effects of U.S. deportation laws in countries of origin; post-conflict development and human rights; transnational criminal enterprises.
PUBLICATIONS Does Justice Always Require Prosecution? The International Criminal Court and Transitional Justice Measures, 45 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 101 (2013). A Conflict of Interests: Privacy, Truth and Compulsory DNA Testing for Argentina s Children of the Disappeared, 44 CORNELL INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 535 (2011). Amnesties in a Time of Transition, 41 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 577 (2010). With Donald L. Hafner, Beyond Traditional Notions of Transitional Justice: How Trials, Truth Commissions, and Other Tools of Justice Can and Should Work Together, 30 BOSTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW 91 (Spring 2007). Trials and Truth Commissions in Argentina and El Salvador, in ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATROCITIES: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES (Jane Stromseth, ed. 2003). WORKS IN PROGRESS Willing But (Temporarily) Unable: The ICC and National Courts (submitted for publication August 2013). The ICC Paradox. The Efficiency of National and International Criminal Courts. Pretrial Detention in Human Rights Trials. Field research funded by the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Fund, 2011. Hoosier Pride and Prejudice: Politics, Basketball, and Desegregation in Indiana. Presented at the AALS 2012 Emerging Scholars Poster Session. United States Deportation Policy and the Rise of Gangs in Latin America. OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Truth and Reconciliation in Sports? IntLawGrrls, www.ilg2.org (blog co-editor) (July 11, 2013). The Kenyan Presidential Election and the ICC IntLawGrrls, www.ilg2.org (blog co-editor) (March 29, 2013). Former Argentine Dictator Admits to Disappearances IntLawGrrls, www.intlawgrrls.blogspot.com (blog c-editor) (April 30, 2012). Reconciling Truth and Privacy in Argentina IntLawGrrls, www.intlawgrrls.blogspot.com (solicited essay) (February 15, 2012).
New Beginnings: A Hybrid Approach to Accountability in Libya Common Law, Wake Forest Law Review, http://wakeforestlawreview.com/newbeginnings-a-hybrid-approach-to-accountability-in-libya (solicited essay) (December 2011). ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS The ICC and Capacity Building at the National Level Panelist, The Law and Politics of International Prosecutions, Southeastern Association of American Law Schools, Palm Beach, FL, August 2013 Moderator, New Scholars Colloquia, Insurance & Business Associations Southeastern Association of American Law Schools, Palm Beach, FL, August 2013 National v. International Justice Junior International Law Scholars Association Summer Lunch Series, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, July 2013 Weighing in on the Peace v. Justice Debate Summer Faculty Lunch Series, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC, July 2013 Complementarity at the ICC: Deference to States Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, NC, April 2013 Transitional Justice 2.0: The Second Wave of Transitional Justice in Latin America American Society of International Law International Criminal Law Interest Group Workshop, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, December 2012 The Relationship Between Crimmigration and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Panelist, The Far-Reaching Effects of Crimmigration, Southeastern Association of American Law Schools, Amelia Island, FL, July 2012 Incidental Compliance with International Decisions? The United States and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights Discussion Group on Transnational Litigation, Southeastern Association of American Law Schools, Amelia Island, FL, July 2012 The Three Point Shot: Desegregation, Politics, and High School Basketball Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 2012 Sovereignty Versus Global Justice: Prosecutorial Discretion and Transitional Justice Charlotte School of Law, Charlotte, NC, December 2011 Transitional Justice and the ICC The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, October 2011 Do International Tribunals Promote Reconciliation? Summer Faculty Lunch Series, Wake Forest University Law School, Winston-Salem, NC,
August 2011 Moderator, New Scholars Workshop Southeastern Association of American Law Schools, Hilton Head, SC, July 2011 Trickle-Down Reconciliation: Can International Tribunals Impact Interpersonal Relations? Academic Council on the United Nations Systems/ASIL Summer Workshop, Vail, CO, July 2011 A Collision of Rights in the Search for the Truth Working Group on Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and International Responsibility, Winston-Salem, NC, November 2010 The Development of the Rule of Law in Post-Dictatorship Argentina Talloires Capstone Seminar, Talloires, France, May 2009 Security of Female Refugees in Refugee Camps Boisi Center Lunch Colloquia, Chestnut Hill, MA, November 2006 Gendered Security in Refugee Camps International Conference on the State of Affairs in Africa, Quincy, MA, October 2006 Justice, Women s Rights and Forced Migration Respondent, Conference on Ethical Responsibilities Toward Forced Migrants as a Framework for Advocacy, Nairobi, Kenya, October 2006 The Post-Deportation Human Rights Project International Conference on Migration, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2006 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE International Center for Transitional Justice Buenos Aires, Argentina Consultant 2009-2010 Assisted with the International Human Rights in Transition project by working with NGOs and prosecutors on ways to use international law to bring cases against perpetrators of human rights abuses in Argentina during the military dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s. Holland & Knight LLP Boston, MA Associate 2004 2007 White collar criminal defense associate specializing in proceedings before government entities. Successfully represented individual clients before the SEC, NASD, and other entities; drafted white papers and memoranda of law; reviewed company records for inculpatory and exculpatory evidence; conducted internal investigation interviews; attended proffer sessions at the United States Attorney s Office and other government agencies; assisted with the management of complex pharmaceutical fraud cases involving over fifty contract attorneys; trained and supervised contract attorneys; mentored junior associates. Pro bono projects included work for the Unaccompanied
Refuge Minor Program, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the American Bar Association. Dechert LLP Washington, DC Associate 2002 2003 Litigation associate focused on various securities law matters. Participated in witness interviews for SEC matters; prepared witness information for private securities litigation cases; and performed tasks related to all aspects of SEC enforcement proceedings, NASD arbitrations, and private securities matters. Pro bono projects included work for the Afghanistan Commercial Law Project and the Government of Afghanistan. American Society of International Law American Bar Association Academic Council on United Nations Systems Massachusetts Bar Association District of Columbia Bar Association PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Massachusetts December 2002 District of Columbia September 2003 BAR ADMISSION LANGUAGES Spanish Fluent Brazilian Portuguese Conversational