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About Tawia B. Ansah

Professor Ansah teaches Contracts, International Human Rights, International & Comparative Law, Law & Literature, Conflicts, and Legal Theory. He joined the faculty at New England School of Law – Boston in 2002, and received tenure there in 2007. Before joining the New England faculty, he was a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University College of Law. Prior to that, he was a legal consultant with JPMorgan Chase; a contract attorney for Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and an assistant prosecutor for the Ministry of the Attorney General in Toronto, Canada. His international legal experience includes service with the Council of Europe (Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Bosnia-Herzegovina), the United Nations Human Rights Field Operation (Kigali, Rwanda), and the United Nations Centre for Human Rights (Geneva). Professor Ansah was a Visiting Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve School of Law in the Fall of 2010. Upon joining the faculty at FIU College of Law in 2011, he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for six years, and then as Acting Dean in 2017-2018.

Positions

July 2018 - Present Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
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May 2017 - June 2018 Acting Dean & Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
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2012 - May 2017 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Florida International University College of Law
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2007 - 2011 Professor of Law, New England Law|Boston
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September 2010 - December 2010 Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law,
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2005 - 2007 Associate Professor, New England Law|Boston
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2002 - 2005 Assistant Professor (2002 – 2005), New England Law|Boston
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2002 - 2004 Director, Center for International Law and Policy, New England Law|Boston
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2001 - 2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Courses

  • Conflict Of Laws
  • Contracts
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Human Rights
  • Jurisprudence (Legal Theory)
  • Law & Literature
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Public International Law

Education

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2001 Ph.D., English, (Distinction), President’s Fellowship for doctoral program, Columbia University, New York, NY
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1995 LL.B., Law Society of Upper Canada Fellowship Award, International Human Rights Fellowship Award, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, ON
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1988 - 1991 B.A., M.A. (M.Phil.), Carnegie-Mellon Research Fellowship, President’s Fellowship for Master’s program, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Contact Information

Florida International University
College of Law
11200 SW 8th Street RDB 2011
Miami, FL 33199
 
Phone: 305.348.0015
 
Email: tansah@fiu.edu

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