Professor Claudio Grossman is Professor of Law and Dean of American University Washington College of Law (WCL) and the Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law.
Since his appointment as Dean in 1995, WCL’s student-faculty ratio has been improved, and scholarship, teaching and service expanded and enhanced. New WCL programs have been developed during Professor Grossman's tenure including: dual JD Programs with institutions in Canada, France and Spain, the LL.M. in Law and Government Program, the Supervised Externship Program, the S.J.D. Program, new LL.M. specializations in Gender and the Law and in Free Trade Agreements and Regional Integration, summer and semester abroad programs, the International Arbitration Program, a new Intellectual Property Program, as well as new clinics in IP, Disability Rights Law, and an evening section of the Civil Practice Clinic, and integrated sections in the first year so as to promote interconnectedness among the different law courses.
Professor Grossman served as President of the College of the Americas (COLAM), an organization of colleges and universities in the Western Hemisphere from November 2003 to November 2007, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in 1996 and 2001, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights. He was also the IACHR's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (1996-2000), Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Populations (2000-2001), and Observer of the AMIA Trial (2001-2005).
Professor Grossman was elected Chair of the United Nations Committee against Torture in April 2008. He is also a member of the Commission for the Control of Interpol's Files (since February 2005) as well as Chair of the Committee on International Cooperation of the Association of American Law Schools.
Professor Grossman is the author of numerous publications regarding international law and human rights (see http://www.wcl.american.edu/dean/cv.cfm). He has received numerous awards for his work with human rights and international law, including the René Cassin Award from B'nai B'rith International in Chile and the Harry LeRoy Jones Award from the Washington Foreign Law Society.
In October 2000, Professor Grossman was named Outstanding Dean of the Year by the National Association of Public Interest Law (now known as Equal Justice Works). In addition, the Inter American Press Association named Professor Grossman as the recipient of the Chapultepec Grand Prize 2002 for his achievements in the field of human rights and his work and commitment to promoting and protecting the freedom of expression and of the press for all people. In 2007, Professor Grossman received the Simón Bolívar Award from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in recognition of his lifetime achievements in promoting human rights, and the Charles Norberg International Lawyer of the Year Award from the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Inter-American Bar Association. |