Mehdi J. Hakimi

Mehdi J. Hakimi is the Executive Director of the Rule of Law Program and Lecturer at Stanford Law School.  His research focuses on international law, comparative law, and global development.  Mehdi has managed multiple international development initiatives, and has acted as a subject matter expert on comparative and foreign law issues in various jurisdictions.  His work is published by leading journals at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Tufts, and others.  He has been cited and quoted in judicial decisions, government reports and policy documents, academic literature, and popular media outlets.  Mehdi is a graduate of Harvard Law School.