Oona A. Hathaway

Oona A. Hathaway
Born
Oona Anne Hathaway

1972 (age 53–54)
OccupationsLegal scholar, author
TitleGerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School
SpouseJacob S. Hacker
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholar
Sub-disciplineInternational law
InstitutionsYale Law School (2002–2008, 2009–present)
UC Berkeley School of Law (2008–2009)
Boston University School of Law (2000–2002)
Main interestsTreaties, international and constitutional law
Notable worksThe Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World (with Scott J. Shapiro)
WebsiteYale Law School

Oona Anne Hathaway (born 1972) is an American legal scholar specialized in international law and U.S. foreign relations law. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, Professor of the Yale University Department of Political Science, Professor at the Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Director of the Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges. She is also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014-15, she took leave to serve as Special Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense. She is the president-elect of the American Society of International Law.