Todd F. Buchwald | |
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Academic background | |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Law |
Sub-discipline | International law |
Institutions | George Washington University |
5th United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | |
In office December 30,2015 –July 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Stephen Rapp |
Succeeded by | Morse Tan |
Todd F. Buchwald is an American attorney and legal scholar who served as the United States ambassador-at-Large for global criminal justice from December 30,2015,until July 2017. [1] He replaced Stephen Rapp. [2]
Buchwald earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. [3]
Buchwald is a professorial lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School. [4] [5] He previously served as a career lawyer in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State and as an attorney in the Office of White House Counsel. [6] Buchwald was also an associate in the litigation and tax sections of the Washington law firm of Wilmer,Cutler and Pickering. [3]
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