Michael Scharf

Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Law and Policy

Professor Scharf poses with Geraldine Ferraro, the former Congresswoman, vice-presidential candidate, and diplomat. She was the Law Day speaker of 1994. Courtesy of New England School of Law Library Archives

A former State Department attorney, Scharf established the law school’s Center for International Law and Policy in 1996. He also expanded the school’s international curriculum and established a summer abroad program with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway.