Attorney Jules Lobel serves as ‘of counsel’ to the firm. Attorney Lobel is a tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, where he lecturers law students on Constitutional Law, International Law, Human Rights and Foreign Relations Law. He is a frequent lecturer in the United States and in Europe on issues involving Human Rights and International Law.
Attorney Lobel received a B.A. degree from New York University and a Law Degree from Rutgers University. His current litigation work focuses on Constitutional and International Law issues. He is presently the Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is based in New York City. Attorney Lobel is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Through the Center for Constitutional Rights, Jules Lobel has litigated important issues regarding the application of international law in the U.S. courts. In the late 1980’s, he advised the Nicaraguan government on the development of its first democratic constitution. He has also advised the Burundi government on constitutional law issues.
Professor Lobel is editor of a text on civil rights litigation and of a collection of essays on the U.S. Constitution, “A Less Than Perfect Union” (Monthly Review Press, 1988). He is author of numerous articles on international law, foreign affairs, and the U.S. Constitution in publications including Yale Law Journal, Harvard International Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and many newspapers. He is a member of the American Society of International Law.
Professor Lobel is the author of a recently released book, Success Without Victory: Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in America. The book is available for purchase through its publisher, The New York University Press, at http://www.nyupress.org/ or NYU Press, 838 Broadway Avenue, Third Floor, New York, New York, 10003.
