Tai-Heng Cheng

Associate Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center for International Law

 

Select Presentations

• International Law as Paradigm, Vanderbilt Law School, 2009 (roundtable).

• The Idea of Law, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, 2009 (panelist).

• The Global Regulation of Intellectual Property, Hong Kong University School of Law, 2009.

• Public Interests and Arbitration’s Efficiency, Institute for Transnational Arbitration Academic Council Retreat, 2009 (commentator).

• The Use of Force by the United States: A Policy & Empirical Appraisal, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, 2008 (panelist).

• The Law and Practice of Secession: Kosovo and the International Court of Justice, American Foreign Law Association, 2008.

• Secession, Succession, and Recognition, University of Pristina, Kosovo, 2008.

• Pakistan: A Different Kind of Partner, New York Law School C.V. Starr Presentation, 2008 (panelist).

• Pakistan: A Different Kind of Partner, U.S. Trust Corporation, 2008 (panelist).

• Emerging Trends in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Michigan Law School, 2008.

• Med-Arb in China, American Bar Association, ADR Section, 2008 (panelist).

• The Reasons Requirement in Investor State Arbitration, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, (2008).

• Corruption in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Yale Law School, 2007 (commentator).

• Precedent and Control in Investment Treaty Arbitration, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2007 (panelist).

• Power, Norms and International Intellectual Property Law, Humbolt University, 2007 (panelist).

• The UN’s Strategy in Iran and Middle East, UN Department of Political Affairs, 2007.

• Renegotiating the Doctrine of Odious Debt, Duke Law School, 2007 (panelist).

• International Investment Law During and After Armed Conflict, UNCTAD Conference on Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones, 2007 (panelist).

• State Succession and Iraq, Duke Law School, 2006.

• Current Issues in U.S.-Turkey Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, 2005.

• Seoul Train and North Korean Refugees, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, 2005 (moderator).

• Talking Turkey: A Private Perspective on Public Diplomacy, Turkey Consulate, New York, 2005 (panelist).
 

 

Contact Information:

T: 212-431-2834
E: tcheng@nyls.edu
O: B303
Assistant: Krysta Murray
T: 212-431-2306
E: kmurray@nyls.edu
O: B409

Education:

B.A. Law (First Class Hons.), Oxford University, 1999 (Oxford University Scholar).

LL.M., Yale Law School, 2000

M.A.,Oxford University, 2004

J.S.D., Yale Law School, 2004 (Howard M. Holtzman Fellow for International Law).

Courses:

  • Contracts
  • International Law
  • International Arbitration
  • International Law: Advanced Topics