Jarrod Wong
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A. (Law), Cambridge University
LL.M., University of Chicago
J.D., University of California, Berkeley
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Tel: 916.739.7231
Trained and educated in both the U.S. and Europe, Professor Wong has centered his scholarship on issues in international dispute resolution. His articles have been or will be published in the Minnesota Law Review, Tulane Law Review, and George Mason Law Review, among others. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Wong served as legal advisor to Judge Charles N. Brower at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands. He was also associated with the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and has practiced in San Francisco with the law firms of Heller Ehrman and O’Melveny & Myers. Professor Wong is also a member of the research and workshop faculty team on a USAID China project. This five-school initiative is spearheaded by Pacific McGeorge and funded by a grant from the U.S. Agency of International Development to assist Chinese legal educators in providing experiential skills training. Professor Wong graduated Order of the Coif from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley. He also holds a law degree with First Class Honours from Cambridge University and a Master of Laws degree from the Law School of the University of Chicago.
Courses: Contracts | International Commercial Arbitration | Law Of China | Remedies
Recent Publications :
Many publications below are available on this SSRN link.
The 2006 Procedural and Transparency-Related Amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules: Model Intentions, Moderate Proposals, and Modest Returns, 2 Vale Columbia Center Yearbook of International Investment Law and Policy __ (forthcoming 2010) (with Jason Yackee)
Reconstructing the Responsibility to Protect in the Wake of Cyclones and Separatism, 84 Tul. L. Rev. 219 (2009)
Clawbacks: Prospective Contract Measures in an Era of Excessive Executive Compensation and Ponzi Schemes, 94 Minn. L. Rev. 368 (2009) (with Miriam A. Cherry)
Is The Prodigal Child Coming Home? U.S. Courts, Interim Measures, and the New York Convention, 2 Contemp. Asia Arb. J. 83 (2009) (symposium)
The Application of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses to Dispute Resolution Provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties, 3 Asian J. W.T.O. & Int’l Health L. & Pol’y 171 (2008) (symposium)
Umbrella Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Of Breaches of Contract, Treaty Violations and the Divide Between Developing and Developed Countries in Foreign Investment Disputes, 14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 135 (2006)
Court or Arbitrator — Who Decides Whether Res Judicata Bars Subsequent Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act? 46 Santa Clara L. Rev. 49 (2005)
The Issuance of Interim Measures in International Disputes: A Proposal Requiring a Reasonable Possibility of Success on the Underlying Merits, 33 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 605 (2005)
General Valuation Principles: The Case of Santa Elena, in International Investment Law and Arbitration: Leading Cases from the ICSID, NAFTA, Bilateral Treaties and Customary International Law 747 (Todd Weiler ed., 2005) (with Charles N. Brower)