Emmanuel Gaillard
On-Site Paris Program Director
Emmanuel Gaillard is a Professor of Law at Sciences Po Law School in Paris and Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School. From 1986 to 2012, he was a Professor of Law at Paris XII University. He is also a member of the Faculty of the Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) at University of Geneva.
He was the first President and one of the co-founders of the International Academy for Arbitration Law (Arbitration Academy). He chairs the International Arbitration Institute (IAI).
Professor Gaillard also is a prominent practitioner in the field of international arbitration, acting both as counsel and arbitrator. Through his practice, extensive writing and teaching, he has contributed to the shaping of contemporary international arbitration law. He has published widely in the area of international arbitration, in French and in English. He is a co-author of Fouchard Gaillard Goldman on International Commercial Arbitration, a reference treatise in the field, a second and fully revised edition of which is underway. He also published, in English and in French, Legal Theory of International Arbitration, the first essay on the theory of international arbitration based on his 2007 course at The Hague Academy and now also published in Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Hungarian, and Portuguese. In 2010, Professor Gaillard was appointed as expert by UNCITRAL for the drafting of the UNCITRAL Guide on the New York Convention, which will be published in early 2014.
Emmanuel Gaillard teaches and researches in the area of international commercial arbitration, international investment arbitration, and private international law.
Education
Agrégation en droit privé, 1982
PhD in Private Law, Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), 1981
DEA in Criminal Law, Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), 1977
DEA in Private Law, Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), 1976
Daria Sartori
Executive Director, EU Public Interest Clinic
Dr. Daria Sartori is a practising human rights lawyer, registered with both the Italian and French Bars. She is specialized in actions before the European Court of Human Rights, with a specific focus on the protection of people on the move and asylum seekers.
Daria holds a PhD and a Doctor Europaeus in Comparative and European Legal Studies from the University of Trento (Italy), and she was a Michigan Grotius Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School. She previously worked as a case-processing lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. Currently, Daria is the Co-Founder of Pro Iura, a civil society organization dedicated to advancing pro bono human rights litigation. She also serves as the Supervising Lawyer for the award-winning Rule 39 Pro Bono Initiative, a project that supports the effective use of urgent and non-urgent applications to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of vulnerable migrants.
In addition to her role at NYU Law in Paris, Daria teaches courses on migration and human rights at Sciences Po Toulouse and a human rights litigation course at the Université Catholique de Lille. She frequently serves as a consultant on human rights protection for international organizations, including the UNHCR and the Council of Europe.
Ajla Demir
On-Site Program Assistant
Ajla Demir is the NYU Law in Paris Program Assistant. Originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ajla moved to Paris to pursue her Master’s degree in Economics and Psychology at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université Paris Cité. Having previous experience in peer mentoring and program organization, with a dedication to seamless execution of academic programs, Ajla has been supporting NYU Laws in Paris since January 2024.