Professor David Sloss is speaking at a faculty forum on Wednesday, March 22 from noon – 1:00 p.m. in the Strong Common Room in Bergin Hall. The topic of the forum is "The Origins of the Right-Remedy Gap in the Domestic Law of Treaties."
Professor Sloss received his B.A. from Hampshire College in 1981, an M.P.P. degree from Harvard University in 1983, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1996. From 1984 to 1993, he worked for the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a small federal agency. After law school, he clerked for Judge Joseph Sneed on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then worked as a litigation associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA.
Professor Sloss is an associate professor of law at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he has taught since 1999. He teaches classes on criminal law, civil procedure, international human rights and U.S. foreign relations law. He has published several articles addressing the domestic application of international law. He is currently working on a book that traces the history of the judicial enforcement of treaties in U.S. courts.
