Harold Hongju Koh
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State Department Legal Adviser |
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Confirmed: June 25, 2009 Announced: March 23, 2009 Nominated: March 23, 2009 |
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Bio
- Age: 57
- Education: Harvard University, BA, JD; Oxford University, BA, MA
- From: New Haven, CT
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
Koh is one of the country's leading experts on public and private international law, national security law and human rights. A Marshall scholar, Koh graduated from Harvard, Oxford and Harvard Law School, and has received 11 honorary degrees and more than 30 awards for his human rights work.
Last Job
- Yale University, dean of Yale Law School
Other Jobs
- State Department, assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor
- Justice Department, attorney adviser
- Covington & Burling, associate
- U.S. Supreme Court, law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun
- Yale University, professor
Financial Disclosure
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