Sam Halabi

Sam Halabi

Assistant Professor of LawJohn Rogers Hall  B North
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Professor Halabi (HAL uh bee) earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as Articles Editor and Senior Editor for the Harvard International Law Journal.  After graduating, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and practiced for two years with the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. As an attorney, Professor Halabi’s practice focused on transnational mergers and acquisitions and the regulation of financial institutions.  Between 2008 and 2010, Professor Halabi served as a Fellow of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University focusing on the formation and implementation of international legal instruments regulating health-related policies of governments and businesses.  In 2008, he advised the Presidential Health Care Policy Working Group on current and proposed approaches to international food and drug inspections.  In 2010, Professor Halabi addressed a special committee of the United Nations on the relationship between decentralized health care systems and social inclusion as well as the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women on Egypt’s compliance with the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 

Prior to his legal career, Professor Halabi was awarded a British Marshall scholarship to study in the United Kingdom where he received an M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University (St. Antony’s College).  In 1999, Professor Halabi earned first prize in the Elie Wiesel Foundation’s Essay in Ethics competition.   His recent research has focused on the proliferation of international legal instruments formed to regulate multinational enterprise – especially with respect to global health -- and the extent to which those instruments are guided by political, economic and other factors.  Professor Halabi earned Harvard University’s Distinction in Teaching Award as a result of his work as a teaching fellow for Modern Arabic Literature and Ethics and International Relations.  Professor Halabi is a member of the American Society of International Law and the American Law & Economics Association; serves as a peer reviewer to the academic journals Health and Human Rights and Global Public Health; and, lectures frequently on the topic of global regulation. 

Education and Degrees Earned

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2005
  • Graduate Studies, the American University of Beirut, 2003-04
  • M.Phil, International Relations, Oxford University, 2001
  • B.A., B.S. summa cum laude, Kansas State University, 1999

Areas of Academic Specialty

  • Business Associations
  • Global Regulation
  • Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  • Human Rights
  • Civil Procedure
  • International Law

Previous Teaching Experience

  •  2010-present Assistant Professor of Law.  The University of Tulsa.
  •  2009-10 Adjunct Professor of Law.  Georgetown University Law Center. 
  • 2003-05 Teaching Fellow.  Harvard College (Harvard University Distinction in Teaching).

Previous Relevant Work Experience

  • 2008-2010 Fellow.  O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University.  Washington, D.C.
  • 2007-08 Law Clerk.  The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
  • 2005-07 Attorney.  Latham & Watkins.  Washington, D.C.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society of International Law
  • American Law & Economics Association
  • 2009-present Peer Reviewer, Health and Human Rights
  • 2009-present Peer Reviewer, Global Public Health
  • State Bars of Kansas and Washington, D.C.