Merit E. Janow
Professor of International Economic Law and International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Director, Program in International Finance and Economic Policy; Co-Director, APEC Study Center
International trade and competition law and policy; economic and trade policy in Asia Pacific economies; WTO law and dispute settlement; U.S.-Japan trade and economic issues, China trade and investment
At Columbia’s School of Law, Professor Janow teaches a course in comparative and international antitrust law and a seminar on WTO law. At the School of International and Public Affairs, she teaches courses on trade policy, China in the global economy and institutions of international economic policy.
Her recent publications include a chapter on the “Origins of the International Competition Network” (2011); “Reflections from Service on the Appellate Body” (2010); and coeditor of The WTO: Governance, Dispute Settlement, and Developing Countries (Juris, 2008). Professor Janow was appointed to a four-year term as a member of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body from 2003 to the end of 2007. From 1997 to 2000, she served as executive director of an international advisory committee to the attorney general and assistant attorney general for antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice. She was a deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China from 1990 to 1993. Prior to that, she specialized in mergers and acquisitions at the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Professor Janow received her BA in Asian studies from the University of Michigan in 1980 and her JD in 1988 from Columbia’s School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and received a Parker School Award in comparative law. She joined the Columbia faculty in 1994. She currently serves on the board of directors of several corporations and not-for-profit organizations. She is the author of three books and numerous articles.
Professor Janow received her BA in Asian studies from the University of Michigan in 1980 and her JD in 1988 from Columbia's School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and received a Parker School Award in comparative law. She joined the Columbia faculty in 1994. She currently serves on the board of directors of several corporations and not-for-profit organizations.
Email: mj60@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~mj60
