Koplow, David A.

David A. Koplow is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies, in which students represent refugees who seek political asylum in the United States due to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion in their homelands. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1978, he served the U.S. government in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1978 81, as Attorney-Adviser and as Special Assistant to the Director) and in the Department of Defense (1997 99, as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs). In the la...