Professor of Law
Ms. Morris (B.A., J.D., Yale University) is Professor of Law at Duke University. She currently serves as chief counsel to the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel, Office of Military Commissions, U.S. Department of Defense. Professor Morris has served as Senior Legal Counsel, Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone; has provided consultation to the U.S. State Department, Office of War Crimes Issues; has served as Advisor on Justice to the President of Rwanda, as Special Consultant to the Secretary of the U.S. Army, as Co-convenor of the Inter-African Cooperation on Truth and Justice program, and as Consultant and Adjunct Faculty Member of the U.S. Naval Justice School. Ms. Morris is a member of the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association’s Central and East European Law Initiative, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University. Professor Morris teaches public international law, international human rights, and international criminal law and has published widely in those fields.