Julian Ku

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Ku earned his bachelor degree from Yale College in 1994 and completed his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1998.^[2][3][4] Ku clerked for Jerry Edwin Smith in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and specialized in international arbitration and litigation with Debevoise & Plimpton before lecturing at the University of Virginia Law School.^[2][3][5]

Ku holds the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professorship of Constitutional Law at Hofstra University's Maurice A. Deane School of Law, having joined the school's faculty in 2002.^[2][3][6] He is also a co-founder of the Opinio Juris legal blog, and serves as one of Lawfare's contributing editors.^[7][8] He has also authored books and book chapters, and has collaborated with other scholars, including John Yoo, in co-authoring publications.^[9]

Ku is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and is a member of the Federalist Society.^[6][10]

In an academic capacity, Ku has commented on Taiwan–United States relations^[11][12][13] and cross-strait relations.^[14]

• Ku, Julian; — (2012). Taming Globalization: International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order (co-author John Yoo). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983742-7. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021.

• Alafair Burke
• Monroe H. Freedman