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David Sadoff

Dr. David Sadoff (b. 1961) is an American international law and policy expert, specializing in rule of law programming, intelligence affairs, and international enforcement law. He has served as managing director of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, general counsel of the International Development Law Organization, and deputy legal adviser and director of intelligence programs and reform on the National Security Council staff.[1]

David Sadoff
M.P.P., LL.M, J.D., Ph.D
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University, Georgetown University, Dartmouth College, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Université de Genève

Education

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Sadoff earned his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College (1983), a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University (1986), and a J.D. from Georgetown University (1995).[2][3] He also received an LL.M in International Humanitarian Law from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in 2007 and a Ph.D in Public International Law from the Université de Genève in 2014.[4]

Career

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Sadoff began his career in the Politico-Military Affairs Bureau of the United States Department of State, then worked as a policy adviser, consultant, and commercial litigator.[5][6][7][8] He then spent five years as Assistant General Counsel with the Central Intelligence Agency and subsequently was seconded to the White House to serve in both legal and policy capacities at the National Security Council.[9][10][11][12][13]

Sadoff spent the next decade in Switzerland, Nepal, and Italy, heading up the Nepal Country Office of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and as General Counsel at the Rome-based International Development Law Organization.[14][15][16][17]

Upon returning to the U.S., Sadoff was a lecturer in law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, executive director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, and managing director of the Clooney Foundation for Justice -- George Clooney and Amal Clooney's international criminal justice NGO.[18][19][20][21][22]

Publications

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In 2016, Sadoff published Bringing International Fugitives to Justice: Extradition and Its Alternatives with Cambridge University Press.[23][24][25][26] He has also published extensively in law journals and reporters, including in the Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, and American Criminal Law Review.[27][28][29][30][31][32]

Affiliations

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Personal life

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Sadoff is the son of Dr. Robert L. Sadoff, a forensic psychiatrist, and Joan H. Sadoff, a civil rights film documentarian.[38][39][40][41][42] He lives in northern California with his wife.[1] He has three children.[43]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. David A. Sadoff: Senior Legal Research Fellow". Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. ^ Farnsworth, Steve (June 1983). "Undergraduate Chair: Dartmouth Alumni Magazine". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  3. ^ a b "Distinguished International Research Fellows". World Engagement Institute. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  4. ^ "Dartmouth Class Note (1983)". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. July 2017. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  5. ^ "September 1988: Defense and Security: Opposite Sides of the Same Coin". The Foreign Service Journal: 43. June 2017 – via American Foreign Service Association.
  6. ^ "Distinguished International Research Fellows". World Engagement Institute. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  7. ^ The United States Department of State Newsletter ("State") (285 ed.). U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Service. January 1986. p. 62.
  8. ^ United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary (2002). Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, Part 2. p. 940.
  9. ^ "CERL Welcomes New Executive Director, David Sadoff". Center For Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  10. ^ "AWQ Competition History (2010-2003)". World Affairs Councils of America. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  11. ^ "The Directory of the USA Federal Government Departments and Independent Agencies". Federal Yellow Book. 57 (2): 57, 1303. 2005 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Dandurand, Yvon (April 9, 2019). "Book Review: Bringing International Fugitives to Justice: Extradition and its Alternatives". International Criminal Justice Review. 29 (3): 304–305. doi:10.1177/1057567719842211. S2CID 150700783 – via SAGE Journals.
  13. ^ George W. Bush Presidential Library staff (August 14, 2017). "Freedom of Information Act Release: National Security Council - Legal Adviser General Files" (PDF). Brennan Center for Justice.
  14. ^ Segger, Marie-Claire Cordonier (2021). Crafting Trade and Investment Accords for Sustainable Development: Athena's Treaties. Oxford University Press. p. ix. ISBN 9780198831341.
  15. ^ "Annual Journal: Activities of NCWA (2010-2011)" (PDF). The Nepal Council of World Affairs: 80. May 2011.
  16. ^ "2011 Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (HTAT) Report for Nepal" (PDF). American Bar Association. 2012. p. iv.
  17. ^ Pimentel, David (2011-01-01). "Judicial Independence at the Crossroads: Grappling with Ideology and History in the New Nepali Constitution". Indiana International & Comparative Law Review. 21 (328): 207–228. doi:10.18060/17646.
  18. ^ "Dave Sadoff". Clooney Foundation For Justice. 2021-07-25. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  19. ^ "CERL Welcomes New Executive Director, David Sadoff". Center For Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  20. ^ "Independence of the Judiciary - Why Parliaments Should Care". International Development Law Organization. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  21. ^ "Navigating Law and Ethics at the Crossroads of Journalism and National Security - CERL". Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  22. ^ Verité (2013). "Labor Brokerage and Trafficking of Nepali Migrant Workers". Empower Women. p. 90.
  23. ^ Parry, John T. (2019-04-26). "Bringing International Fugitives To Justice: Extradition And Its Alternatives". Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  24. ^ Guilfoyle, Joanna (2021). Rothwell, Donald R.; Saunders, Imogen; Shirlow, Esmé (eds.). "The Australian Year Book of International Law, Issue 39". The Australian Year Book of International Law.
  25. ^ Zagaris, Bruce (February 17, 2017). "David A. Sadoff, Bringing International Fugitives to Justice: Extradition and its Alternatives. New York, N.Y., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2016, 668 pp". International Enforcement Law Reporter. 33 (2).
  26. ^ "New and Notable Books in International Law". International Legal Materials. 55 (6). 2016. ISSN 0020-7829. JSTOR 10.5305/intelegamate.55.6.bm.
  27. ^ Sadoff, David (September 23, 2016). "New Zealand Court Allows Livestreaming of Kim Dotcom's Extradition Appeal Hearing". International Law Enforcement Reporter. 32 (9).
  28. ^ Sadoff, David (2009). "A Question of Determinacy: The Legal Status of Anticipatory Self-Defense". Georgetown Journal of International Law. 40 (2).
  29. ^ Sadoff, David (2021). "Striking a Sensible Balance on the Legality of Defensive First Strikes". Vanderbilt Law Review. 42 (2): 441.
  30. ^ Sadoff, David (2017). "How Law Enforcement Cooperation Abroad is Pivotal to Sustainable Development at Home" (PDF). Boston University International Law Journal. 35: 337–68.
  31. ^ Sadoff, David (2008). "International Law and the Mortal Precipice: A Legal Policy Critique of the Death Row Phenomenon". Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. 77: 78–110 – via HeinOnline.
  32. ^ Sadoff, David (1994). "The Public Defender as Private Offender: A Retreat from Evolving Malpractice Liability Standards for Public Defenders". American Criminal Law Review.
  33. ^ "Arcadia University Board of Trustees". Arcadia University. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  34. ^ "Board of Trustees". St Stephen's School. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  35. ^ "Board of Directors". The Forum on Education Abroad. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  36. ^ "Dave Sadoff". Clooney Foundation For Justice. 2021-07-25. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25.
  37. ^ "Our Team". The Enough Project. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  38. ^ Roberts, Sam (2017-04-20). "Robert Sadoff, Psychiatrist Who Assessed Murder Defendants, Dies at 81". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  39. ^ Roberts, Sam (2017-04-20). "Robert Sadoff, Psychiatrist Who Assessed Murder Defendants, Dies at 81". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  40. ^ "Dr. Robert L. Sadoff Obituary (2017)". Legacy.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  41. ^ "Joan Handleman Sadoff Obituary (2019)". Legacy.com. Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  42. ^ "Kenneth J. Weiss: The Inaugural Robert L. Sadoff Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 64 (2). August 29, 2017.
  43. ^ Sadoff, David (2016). Bringing International Fugitives to Justice: Extradition and its Alternatives. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316422922.
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