International Studies

SJD Candidates

  • News ImageGiancarlo F. Frosio
    Master of Laws (LL.M.), Duke University, Durham, NC, 2006; Master of Laws (LL.M.), Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 2003; Laurea in Giurisprudenza (JD), Università Cattolica di Milano, 2000
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property, Copyright, Legal History, History of Creativity and Authorship, Public Domain, Digitization, Internet and User-Based Creativity, Network Information Economy, Access to Knowledge (A2K), and Identity Politics.

  • Ana Santos
    LLM, Duke, 2008; LLM, Lisbon Catholic University, 2007; Law Degree, Lisbon Catholic University, 2006
    Academic Interests:
    International and Comparative Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Patent Law

  • Cheng-Yun Tsang
    LL.M, Duke University School of Law, 2011; M.B.A in Business Administration, National Taiwan University, 2007; B.A in Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, 2005
    Academic Interests:
    Financial Reform and Regulatory Revolution in Greater China Area, Regulation and Supervision of Shadow Banking System, Regulatory Reform of Cross-Border Financial Conglomerates

  • Andrew Rens
    Bachelor of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991; Bachelor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 1993; Master of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 1999
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property; specifically access to knowledge, the knowledge commons (open science, open education and open legal information), open and public licenses including Creative Commons

  • Avraham Osterman
    LL.M, (cum laude), Duke University, 2008; LL.M, Bar-Ilan University, 2006; LL.B, Bar-Ilan University, 2005
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property with an emphasis on Copyright, Collective Management, Mass Digitization and Access to Knowledge.

  • Dian A. H. Shah
    LL.B (Hons), Warwick University, 2008; LL.M, Duke University, 2009
    Academic Interests:
    Human Rights, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law and Design (with focus on transitional democracies and divided societies)

  • Nir Shnaiderman
    LL.M., Duke University School of Law, 2011; LL.M., Bar-Ilan University School of Law, 2000 (Isr.); LL.B. (JD Equivalent), Bar-Ilan University School of Law, 1999 (Isr.) , 1999 (Isr.)
    Academic Interests:
    International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, The Law Of Armed Conflicts, Criminal Law

  • News ImagePedro Paranaguá
    LL.M. (cum laude), IP, Internet & Policy, University of London, Queen Mary, 2005 (scholarship from the European Commission)
    Academic Interests:
    Intellectual Property (IP) rights, net neutrality, ISP liability, data protection, information privacy, free speech, Internet, technology, digital copyright, new business models, and policy-making, both on the international, regional, and national levels, with a focus in Brazil and WIPO.

  • Rasmus Goksor
    LL.M. in American Law, Boston University School of Law, 2005; Juris Kandidatexamen (equivalent of B.A and LL.M. in Swedish Law), Gothenburg University School of Law and Economics, 2004
    Academic Interests
    Private Law Theory, Non-State Law, European Integration, American Federalism, Entrepreneurship

  • Shimrit Itay
    LLB, Tel Aviv University , 2001; LLM, Tel Aviv University, 2005; LLM, Duke University, 2007
    Academic Interests:
    Criminal law, National Security, Constitutional law

  • Mong-Hwa Chin
    Master of Laws, Duke University, 2011; Master of Laws, National Chiao Tung University, 2010; Bachelor of English Literature and Foreign Languages, National Chung Cheng University, 2006;
    Bachelor of Laws, National Chung Cheng University, 2006