Dr. Paul R. Williams is the Rebecca Grazier Professor of Law and International Relations at American University. Dr. Williams is the President and co-founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group. Since 1995, PILPG has provided pro bono legal assistance to governments involved in peace negotiations, drafting post-conflict constitutions, and prosecuting war criminals. In 2005, Dr. Williams, as Executive Directors of PILPG, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by half a dozen of his pro bono government clients. Dr. Williams is a leading scholar on peace negotiations and post-conflict constitutions. He has testified on a number of occasions before the U.S. Congress on matters of public international law and peace negotiations. He has authored five books on topics of international human rights, international environmental law, and international norms of justice, and over two dozen articles on a wide variety of public international law topics. Dr. Williams is also a sought-after international law and policy analyst, and has been interviewed more than 500 times by major print and broadcast media. He has published op-eds in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal Europe, and Le Monde.Dr. Williams is regarded as a social entrepreneur for his practical and innovative approach to providing pro bono legal assistance to clients. During the course of his legal practice, Dr. Williams has assisted over a dozen clients in major international peace negotiations, including serving as a delegation member in the Dayton negotiations (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Rambouillet/Paris negotiations (Kosovo), Lake Ohrid negotiations (Macedonia), Podgorica/Belgrade negotiations (Serbia/Montenegro), and the Doha negotiations (Darfur). He also advised parties to the Key West negotiations (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Oslo/Geneva negotiations (Sri Lanka), the Georgia/Abkhaz negotiations, and the Somalia peace talks.He has advised over two dozen parties across Europe, Africa, and Asia on matters of public international law. Dr. Williams has advised the governments of Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Tunisia on the drafting and implementation of post-conflict constitutions. He is has also advised governments on issues of state recognition, self-determination, and state succession including advising the President of Macedonia, the President of South Sudan, and the Foreign Minister of Montenegro. On issues relating to border and sea demarcations and negotiations, Dr. Williams advised the President of Estonia and the Foreign Minister of East Timor. Previously, Dr. Williams served in the Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser for European and Canadian Affairs, as a Senior Associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and as a Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Society of International Law.