As of December 2005

David D. Caron
C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of International Law
School of Law, Boalt Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720
(1) (510) 642-7249; facsimile, (1) (510) 643-2673; email, ddcaron@law.berkeley.edu

Present Positions

Faculty of Law, University of California at Berkeley, since 1987.

Member, Executive Committee, Institute of International Studies.
Member, Executive Committee, Energy & Resources Group.
Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Berkeley Journal of International Law
Member, Advisory Committee, Peace & Conflict Studies.
Member, Advisory Committee, Human Rights Center.
Member, Advisory Committee, US Foreign Policy Center

Chair, Advisory Council, Institute for Transnational Arbitration, since 2005.
Vice President, American Society of International Law, since 2005.
Member, U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Public International Law, since 1993.
Co-Director, Law of the Sea Institute, since 2002.
President, ISCID Tribunal in the Aguas del Tunari v. Bolivia dispute, since 2001.
Member, NAFTA Chapter 11 Panel in the Glamis Gold v. United States of America dispute, since 2004.

Education

Dr. jur. and Doctorandus (International Law), Leiden University.
Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law.
J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Member, Order of the Coif. Co-Recipient, Thelen-Marrin Writing Prize. Editor-in-Chief, Ecology Law Quarterly.
Fulbright Scholar & M.Sc., University of Wales Center for Marine Law and Policy, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
B.S. with High Honors, U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut. Emphases in Physics and Political Science. Brigade Commander, Corps of Cadets.

Experience

American Society of International Law and American Journal of International Law
Vice President, American Society of International Law, since 2005.
Member, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law, 1990 to 2005.
Editor, International Decisions Section of American Journal of International Law, 2003 to 2005.
Member, Panel on State Responsibility, American Society of International Law, since 1988.

American Association of Law Schools
Chair, Section on International Law, 1995-1996

Hague Academy of International Law
Director of Research (English‑speaking), Centre for Research, Fall 1995.
Director of Studies (English‑speaking), Public International Law Session, Summer 1987.
Recipient, Diploma in Public International Law, Summer 1985.

Institute for Transnational Arbitration, a Division of the Center for American and International Law
Chair, Advisory Council, 2005-2008

International Law Association
Member, International Committee on Diplomatic Protection.
Member, International Study Group on State Responsibility.

International Courts and Tribunals – Practice

Listed as one of the top ten international arbitrators in the United States, Chambers USA (2005).

Counsel for Ethiopia before the Eritrea - Ethiopia Claims Commission, The Hague, 2004-2005.
Commissioner, Precedent Panel, United Nations Compensation Commission, for claims arising out of the 1991 Gulf War, Geneva, 1996 to 2003.
Member ( U.S. appointee), Property Claims Commission under the German Forced Labor Settlement Agreement, Geneva, 2000-2001.
Expert Opinion provided in The Loewen Group Inc. v. The United States of America as part of Respondent’s submission on preliminary issues, 2000.
Counsel, Defender of the Fund, Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal, 1994 -1996.
Attorney with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, with practice in transnational litigation, and ICC and JCAA international arbitration, 1986-1987.
Legal Assistant successively to Judges Charles N. Brower and Richard M. Mosk, The Iran‑United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1983-1986.

International Courts and Tribunals – Organizations
Member and Founding Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators, since 2000.
Member and Immediate Past President, Northern California Int’l Arbitration Club, since 2003.
Member, Board of Directors, African Inst. Arb., Mediation, Conciliation & Research, since 2003.
Member, Editorial Board, Law & Practice of International Courts , since 2001.
Member, Advisory Council, Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, since 1995.
Member, Steering Committee, Mass Claims Processes, Permanent Court of Arbitration, since 2000.
Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, since 1988.
Member, ICC Arbitration Committee, United States Comm. for International Business, since 1995.
Member, Academic Council, Foundation for Int’l Commercial Arbitration and ADR, since 2002.
Member, Advisory Board, International Arbitration Annual (Juris Publishing), since 2000.

Research Posts, Visiting Faculty Positions and Fellowships
Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco Program, Udayana University, Bali, Summer 1997.
Visiting Professor, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, 1996.
Katherine C. Ryan Distinguished Visiting Professor, St. Mary's University Institute on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria, Summer 1995.
Visiting Professor of International Law, Cornell University, Fall 1990.
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law, Heidelberg, 1985-1986.
Research and Teaching Assistant to Professor Stefan A. Riesenfeld, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1982-1983
Environmental Conservation Fellow, National Wildlife Federation, 1980-1981.

University of California
Member, University of California (System-Wide) Marine Council, 1999 to 2002

United States Coast Guard
Assistant Chief, Marine Environmental Protection and Port Security, Northern California, 1976-1979.
Navigator and Salvage Diving Officer, USCGC POLAR STAR, 1974-1976

Honors

Recipient, the 2000 Stefan A. Riesenfeld Memorial Award for contribution to international law.
Recipient, the 1991 Francis Deák Prize for outstanding scholarship by a younger scholar.

Other Positions and Affiliations

Member, California State Bar, since 1983.
Member, Steering Committee, Ocean Governance Study Group, since 1990.
Member, Board of Directors, International Bill of Rights Project, since 2000.
Third Mate, U.S. Merchant Marine, and Ship Salvage Diving Officer, U.S. Navy.
Member, Advisory Board, Legal Services Network International Law and Trade Electronic Journal.