by Jeff Bendix

Hiram E. Chodosh has been named associate dean for academic affairs, and Michael P. Scharf has been appointed director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at the CWRU School of Law. Both appointments are effective July 1, 2003.

"Professors Chodosh and Scharf are two among our school's many outstanding and renowned faculty members. I am confident their dedication and spirit of innovation will help us further enhance our reputation for leadership in legal education," said Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law.

Hiram E. Chodosh

Chodosh succeeds Andrew P. Morriss, who has been named director of the school's newly established Center for the Study of Business Law and Regulation. Scharf succeeds Chodosh, who has directed the Cox Center since 1998.

He joined the law school's faculty in 1993 as an assistant professor. He was named associate professor in 1996 and professor in 1999. Under his leadership, the Cox Center developed a concentration in international legal studies, as well as a seminar for advanced legal research in conjunction with the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. It also has instituted an innovative series of seminars on international legal reform.

Before coming to CWRU Chodosh practiced transnational law with the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York. Currently he is a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Gujarat Law Institute in Ahmedabad, India and the Indian Law Institute in New Delhi. He holds a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Yale University.

Michael P. Scharf

Scharf, one of the nation's leading experts in the field of international criminal law, came to CWRU in 2002. Before that he had been professor of law and director of the New England Center for International Law and Policy at the New England School of Law in Boston.

He is the author of numerous articles and books on international justice and tribunals, including Slobodan Milosevic on Trial: A Companion, Balkan Justice: The Story Behind the First International War Crimes Trial Since Nuremberg, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Letters, and The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which won a National Book award.

He holds a bachelor's degree and law degree from Duke University, and lives in Pepper Pike.

Founded in 1991, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center promotes comparative and international legal scholarship. The center sponsors visiting speakers and scholars, seminars, symposia and other special events. It is named for Frederick K. Cox, a law school alumnus and longtime CWRU trustee.

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