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Education:
Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law (Centre for Research in International Law & International Relations);
Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania (Dept. of Int’l Relations) (program sponsored by the Wharton School and Graduate School) (also one-year at Princeton University, Politics Dept.);
J.D., Cornell Law School (International Legal Studies) (with courses in the Gov’t Dept.);
B.A., University of Buffalo (three years) (American History & Russian Studies).
[Public high school in New York City and active in student programs at the U.N.]
Additional Post-Graduate Studies:
Oxford University, St. Peter’s College (European Communities);
Harvard Law School (East Asian Law & International Tax Program).
Shorter Professional Programs:
London Business School;
Oxford Center for Management Studies;
University of Amsterdam (Europa Institute).
Current & Recent Positions:
Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University (School of Public Policy) (from Fall 1996).
Professor of Law, School of Law (1977-1991) and the International Institute at George Mason University (1991-1996).
Director, Oxford Trade Program -- Global Trade in the Digital Economy (1997- 2001) at St. Peter's College, Oxford University (Visiting Professor, Summer Programs).
Geneva Trade Program (World Trade Organization, International Telecommunications Union, World Intellectual Property Organization and UN Commission on Trade & Development).
Founder and Director of the International Transactions Graduate Program at the International Institute, George Mason University (1990--1995) (@400 headcount in 1995).
Publications:
Author, U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY LAW – A Sourcebook of Laws, Cases, Treaties & Documents (William S. Hein & Co., early 2009).
Author, WTO LAW, LITIGATION & POLICY – A SOURCEBOOK OF INTERNET MATERIAL (William S. Hein & Co., 2007).
Three prior books on public international law by William S. Hein & Co.: IMPOSED TREATIES & INTERNATIONAL LAW (Intro by Richard Baxter, U.S. Judge, International Court of Justice); STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW; ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Special Editor, ten special issues of the Virginia Lawyer (the State Bar Journal) on global trade 1989-2007 (Virginia State Bar);
Author, FEDERAL REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, 1981 – 1988: LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & TREATIES (U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Georgetown University, International Law Institute) (funded by the U.S. Chamber Foundation).
Journal articles published by Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Maryland and Virginia. Over 100 publications.
Various pieces published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Richmond-Times Dispatch and the Moscow Times.
Most Recent Activities:
Appointed this spring by Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and recently completed a study of its international activities. Consulted with SCHEV on global studies in Virginia universities. Published two casebooks --- U.S. National Security Law (2009) (Intro by Senator Patrick Leahy) and WTO Law & Litigation (2007) (Intro by Director-General Mike Moore). Developed and directed this summer’s new GMU/CGE Oxford Global Law Program at New College, Oxford, and helped to organize the Oxford Workshop on Cybersecurity with the International Cybersecurity Center. Presented the lead paper on Cyberwarfare, ranked in the top 10 by SSRN. Currently teaching two graduate courses on national security and international trade relations using two websites I developed. They contain documents, PowerPoint’s, videos, uploaded student team presentation, and hyperlinks to original and secondary sources. Editing a special issue of the Virginia Lawyer on global law for this December. Solicited articles from three Oxford law and politics professors on various critical issues. Recent visits to India, China, Russia, Vietnam, Dubai and the United Kingdom.
Recent Activities:
Appointed by Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (2009).
Developed and directed the summer Oxford Global Law Program for George Mason (CGE).
Participated in and helped to organize the Oxford Workshop on Cybersecurity (with Arun Sood, International Cyber Center) (Summer 2009);
Visiting Professor, St. Peter’s College, Oxford University (Summer Programs, 1997-2001).
Participated in the Wharton Global Forum (Vietnam 2008).
Traveled to St. Petersburg & Moscow during G-8 (2006).
Participated in the Virginia Governor's Trade Mission to China (2004), the Virginia Governor’s Trade Mission to India (2005), Virginia Governor's Trade Mission to India (2007), the Virginia Trade Delegation to Tokyo (2005), and the Virginia Trade a 2008 Japan-SEUS meeting. [These were joint activities with the Governor’s Office and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.]
Program Director of various graduate overseas study programs in global trade and law in Oxford, Geneva, China and India (1997 – 2009).
Consultant to the Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) on international trade and finance issues.
Appointed by Virginia Governor George Allen to the Commonwealth Strategic Task Force.
International consultant & writer to Virginia Governor Wilder (campaign).
Developed and Webmaster for various websites on global trade and national security law -- http://www.InternationalTradeRelations.com/; http://www.NationalSecurityLaw.net/ ; http://www.US-Global-Trade.com. These sites are used in my classes.
Some Recent Publications:
Books – U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY LAW – CASES, LAWS, TREATIES & DOCUMENTS (Introduction by Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee) (2009); WTO LAW, LITIGATION & POLICY – CASES, TREATIES AND DOCUMENTS (Introduction by former WTO Director-General Mike Moore) (2007).
Articles – “Cyberwarfare – Law & Policy for Global Governance” (December 2009); “U.S. – China Litigation in the WTO” (2007); “Global Mergers & National Security” (2006); “WTO Accession for the Russian Federation” (2006); “WTO & 10 Years of Litigation” (2005); “Trade Missions to India & China” (2005); “International Law & President Bush” (2004); “Genetically-Modified Organisms and WTO Litigation” (2003); “Trade Litigation & Global Governance: U.S .in the WTO” (April 2003); “Global Trade & International Tax (WTO / FSC)” (March 2002); “Global Governance of E-Commerce” (June / July 2001); “Dot.Coms & Global Governance” (May 2000); "U.S. and WTO Litigation" (Nov. 1999); "Internet Commerce & Trade Policy" (July 1999); "Trading on the Worldwide Web," (Jan. 1999); "Digital Global Economy: WTO Trade Agreements & Litigation" (Fall 1998); "Dispute Settlement in the WTO: Implications for the APEC Economies" (1998); “New Agreements & Cases in the World Trade Organization” (Jan. 1998); "WTO A Quiet Success: Global Trade Litigation," (Sept. 1997); "The WTO & Law Practice," (Summer 1997); "Globalism: For it, Against it or Forget it," (Summer 1997); "States & Globalism: Virginia in the Global Economy," (1996); "Introduction: International Trade and the Global Economy" (1995); "Globalism & Trade" (1995); Reagan’s Law & Foreign Policy (1988) (Harvard and reproduced in the Congressional Record).
Awards:
“Award of Recognition,” Virginia State Bar (International Section) (special editor of the Virginia Lawyer for 10 years).
“Malawer – Paden Scholarship Award,” established by the Alumni Chapter of George Mason University (School of Public Policy) -- Presented by former Governor Gerald Baliles of Virginia.
“George Mason Faculty Member of the Year” by the George Mason University Alumni Association (Teaching Award).
Awarded the “Hardy Cross Dillard Award,” by the Virginia State Bar, International Practice Section, in recognition of public service to international relations education in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Awarded the initial “University Founding Day Award” at George Mason University for outstanding faculty scholarship.
Prior University Experience:
Visiting Professor, St. Peter’s College, Oxford University (Summer Programs). Instructor at the Harvard International Tax Program and Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Faculty member at the University of Baltimore Law School and the New England School of Law. Visiting Fellow, Georgetown University, International Law Institute. Researcher at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (University of Pennsylvania).
Books
Malawer, S. S. U.S. National Security Law – Sourcebook of Cases, Legislation, Treaties & Documents. (Introduction by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy) New York: William S. Hein, 2009.
Malawer, S. S. W.T.O. Law, Litigation, and Policy - Sourcebook of Internet Material. (Introduction by WTO Director-General Mike Moore) William S. Hein & Co., 2007.
Journal Articles and Reviews
Malawer, S. “U.S. – China Trade Litigation in the WTO.” 56 Virginia Lawyer 28 (2007).
Malawer, S. “Global Trade Law.” 56 Virginia Lawyer 27 (2007).
Malawer, S. “Global Mergers & National Security.” 55 Virginia Lawyer 34 (2006).
Malawer, S. “National Security Law.” 55 Virginia Lawyer 33 (2006).
Malawer, S. “Russian Accession to the WTO.” Moscow Times 7 (August 30, 2006).
Malawer, S., “Governor Warner’s Trade Mission to India.” 54 Virginia Lawyer (June / July 2005).
Presentations
Malawer, S. Wharton Global Trade Forum, Saigon, Vietnam, 2008.
Malawer, S. Southeast U.S. – Japan Trade Forum, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2008.