Todd F. Buchwald

Todd F. Buchwald is an American attorney and legal scholar who served as the United States ambassador-at-Large for global criminal justice from December 30, 2015, until July 2017.[1] He replaced Stephen Rapp.[2]

Todd F. Buchwald
Academic background
EducationCornell University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineInternational law
InstitutionsGeorge Washington University
United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice
In office
December 30, 2015 – July 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byStephen Rapp
Succeeded byMorse Tan

Education

Buchwald earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[3]

Career

Buchwald is a professorial lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School.[4][5] He previously served as a career lawyer in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State and as an attorney in the Office of White House Counsel.[6] Buchwald was also an associate in the litigation and tax sections of the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering.[3]

Publications
  • "The Crime of Aggression: the United States Perspective, 109 American Journal of International Law 257 (2015) (with Harold H. Koh)[5]
  • "Pre-emption, Iraq and International Law, 97 American Journal of International Law, 557 (2003) (with William H. Taft IV).
  • U.S, Security Assistance and Related Programs, in J. N. Moore and R. F. Turner, National Security Law, 2d Edition (Carolina Academic Press 2005) (with Michael J. Matheson).

References
  1. Lynch, Colum; Gramer, Robbie (August 30, 2017). "With Departure of Top Lawyer, State Department Exodus Continues". Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Gordon, Michael R.; Simons, Marlise (July 19, 2017). "War Crimes Office May Be Closed in State Dept. Reorganization". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  3. "Buchwald, Todd F." U.S. Department of State. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  4. "Todd Buchwald". GW Law School. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. "TODD BUCHWALD". The Wilson Center. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. "International Law". Public Radio Tulsa. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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