Charles H. Norchi

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Charles H. Norchi
Born
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityAmerican, Irish
Alma mater Harvard College
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Yale Law School
OccupationInternational legal academic
Spouse Amanda Lynch

Charles H. Norchi is the Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law, director of the Center for Oceans and Coastal Law [1] of the University of Maine School of Law, a faculty member of the Climate Change Institute [2] and Graduate School of the University of Maine, and a Visiting Scholar at Brown University’s Institute at Brown for Environment and Society [3] and Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. [4] [5]

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Education

Norchi received a A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1979, where he studied Government, concentrating in international relations. [6] He received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1986. [7] He received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1989 and a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) in 2006 from Yale Law School, [8] during which time he was a Ford Foundation Fellow, a Mellon Foundation Fellow and a Myres S. McDougal Fellow at the Law School. [9]

Academia

Norchi joined faculty of the University of Maine School of Law in 2004. There he teaches International Law; Arctic Law, Science and Policy; [10] Oceans Law and Policy; [11] Maritime Law; [12] and Interdisciplinary Complex Problem-Solving. [13]

Norchi was a human rights fellow in the Human Rights Program (HRP) at Harvard Law School [14] 2004-2005, a research fellow in the Center for Public Leadership [15] and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University 2005-2012. He has been visiting professor at City University of Hong Kong School of Law 2010-2013 and at Peking University Law School (Beida) in 2014. [2] Norchi held teaching appointments in various undergraduate institutions, including Smith College and Sarah Lawrence College. [14]

Norchi was awarded the Fulbright-Iceland Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arctic Chair at the University of Iceland in 2018. [16] [17] He is on the leadership team of a US$3 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program to support Arctic interdisciplinary training 2020-2025. [18] [19]

Norchi is President of The Society of Policy Scientists, 2020-present. [20] He is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Association of Maritime and Port Executives (IAMPE). [21] Norchi has served as Chairperson, 2018-2021, and Treasurer, 2021-present, of the Admiralty and Maritime Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). [22]

He was elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science in 2019. [23] [24]

Journalism

Norchi covered the war in Afghanistan during the 1980’s. His feature writing and commentary has appeared in the Boston Globe, [25] Cleveland Plain Dealer, [26] International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times [27] and New York Times. [28]

Human rights and development

As Executive Director of the War Crimes Project of the Committee for a Free Afghanistan, Norchi co-directed the Independent Counsel for International Human Rights [14] with James J. Busuttil. He was the Executive Director of the International League for Human Rights. [14] Norchi was the Evaluation Team Lead for the United Nations Development Programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2007. [29] He has been a law and development consultant for the World Bank and private sector clients.

The Royal Asiatic Society launched a prize named after Norchi in 2024. The annual "Charles H. Norchi Prize" is awarded for the publication of a book on Afghanistan in English. [30]

Selected publications

Book

Journal articles

Chapters in books

Organizations

Norchi is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the American Polar Society (APS). He is a Fellow, and member of the United Nations Committee, of The Explorers Club and has carried The Explorers Club flag on expeditions in 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2019.

He is a member of the Director’s Circle [45] of the Portland Museum of Art, a member of the Propeller Club, Port of Portland Maine, [46] of the Maine State Bar Association, of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Club in Maine [47] and of the Harvard Club of New York City.

Personal life

Norchi is married to Professor Amanda Lynch.

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