Allen Weiner in Tunisia

Allen S. Weiner, JD ’89, is a senior lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, where he serves as director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law, director of the Stanford Humanitarian Program, and director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Allen is a scholar of international law, and his research and teaching focus on the fields of international security and international conflict resolution, as well as the challenges of online misinformation and disinformation. In the realm of international security, his work spans such issues as international law and the response to the contemporary security threats, the law of war, and international criminal law (including transitional justice).  In the realm of international conflict resolution, his highly multidisciplinary work analyzes the barriers to resolving violent political conflicts. His scholarship is deeply informed by experience: He practiced international law in the U.S. Department of State for more than a decade, advising government policy makers, negotiating international agreements and representing the United States in litigation before international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.

Allen has long been engaged in work related to the Middle East and North Africa, especially following the 2011 Arab Spring.  He has led comparative constitutional research projects to advise political parties and civil society groups on legal aspects of political transitions. He has also participated extensively in conflict resolution research and activities in the region, particularly in connection with Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  With respect to Tunisia in particular, for several years Allen has been the co-leader of a dialogue project involving a broad range of Tunisian politicians, former government officials, and civil society members that seeks to analyze the economic challenges facing the country, to identify needed economic reforms, and to develop strategies for implementing those reforms.

• Senior Lecturer in Law (since 2007); Director of the Program in International and Comparative Law, Stanford Law School; Director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation; Director of the Stanford Humanitarian Program

• Inaugural Warren Christopher Professor of the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy and Associate Professor of Law (Teaching), Stanford University (2003–2007)

• Counselor for Legal Affairs (1998–2001) and Attaché (1996–1998), U.S. Embassy The Hague); Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State (1990–1996)

• Author, International Law (8th ed., Aspen Publishing, 2023) (with Duncan B. Hollis & Chimene I. Keitner)

• Member, American Society of International Law and Council on Foreign Relations

• BA, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1985

• JD with Distinction, Order of the Coif, Stanford Law School, 1989