Melissa Stewart

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law

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Melissa Stewart (@StewartMelissa0) is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law. She has held appointments at the Australian National University College of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London. Her research and teaching interests primarily lie in the areas of international law, transnational litigation and arbitration, international environmental law, human rights, and statelessness. Her award-winning scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Journal of International Law, the Stanford Journal of International Law, the Virginia Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Dispute Settlement, and the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, among others. She was previously an Associate in the International Litigation and Arbitration Department at Foley Hoag, LLP. She received her LL.M. with distinction and J.D. from Georgetown Law, where she was a Global Law Scholar. She received her Master’s in international economic law, global governance studies, from Sciences Po in Paris.

Posts by Melissa Stewart

Honoring David P Stewart: Call for Contributions

David P. Stewart will soon retire from Georgetown Law, where he has been a Professor of the Practice since 2008 after retiring from a distinguished career at the U.S. Department of State. In honor of his many contributions to the field and to his colleagues and students, Georgetown Law will host a celebration of his…

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Historic Climate Opinion and Its Potential Impact on U.S. Litigation

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a historic advisory opinion which held that State parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) have concrete legal obligations to undertake efforts to mitigate climate change in order to prevent, reduce, and control pollution…

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Kashef v. BNP Paribas SA Overcomes the Forum Non Conveniens Hurdle

In Kashef v. BNP Paribas SA, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York recently denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens. The order allows plaintiffs to continue to pursue their claims against BNP Paribas S.A. and its U.S.-based subsidiary and New York branch (“BNPP”) for their role in…

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