 William J. Aceves Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
LL.M. University of California, Los Angeles
[international law]
M.A. Harvard University [government]
J.D. University of Southern California
M.A. University of Southern California [international relations]
B.A. Claremont McKenna College [international relations]
Courses Taught: Civil Procedure I, Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution, Human Rights Law
After practicing law for two years, Professor Aceves returned to academia to earn an M.A. in Government at Harvard University and an LL.M. in International Law at the UCLA School of Law. He also served as the Ford Foundation Fellow in International Law at the UCLA School of Law. In 1998, he joined the faculty at California Western School of Law. He was promoted to Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program in 2001. He began serving as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 2007.
Professor Aceves studies human rights and international law and writes extensively in these fields, frequently working with Amnesty International, the Center for Justice & Accountability, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union on projects involving the domestic application of international law. He has also represented several human rights and civil liberties organizations as amicus curiae counsel in cases before the federal courts. The principle author of the 2002 Amnesty International USA report on torture and impunity in the United States, he has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA and is presently on the Ombudsperson for AIUSA. He is also a member of the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union and serves on the Board of the Center for Justice & Accountability. He is also a member of the Board of International Law Students Association, which organizes the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Professor Aceves has appeared before the Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, the U.N. Special Repporteur on Migrants, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In 2006-2007, Aceves served as the co-chair for the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law. His book, The Anatomy of Torture, was published in 2007.
Aceves is admitted to the State Bar of California, the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the First Circuit, Second Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Selected Publications
- The Anatomy of Torture: A Documentary History of
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala (2007)
- "Predicting Chaos? Using Scenarios to Inform Theory and Guide Practice," 45 Virginia Journal of International Law 585 (2005).
- "Actio Popularis: The Class Action in International Law," 2003 University of Chicago Legal Forum 353 (2003).
- "International Decisions: Avena," 97 American Journal of International Law 923 (2003).
- "Critical Jurisprudence and International Legal Scholarship,"
39 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 299 (2001).
- "Liberalism and International Legal Scholarship: The Pinochet Case and the Move Toward a Universal System of Transnational Law Litigation," 41 Harvard International Law Journal 129 (2000).
- "The Economic Analysis of International Law: Transaction Cost Economics and the Concept of State Practice," 17 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law 995 (1997).
Complete List of Publications (revised 2008)
Class Webpages
Professor Aceves' Media Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007 |
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