Mark R. Shulman
(Introduction to U.S. Law, National Security Law)
Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs and International Affairs
and Adjunct Professor of Law
Mark R. Shulman joined Pace Law School in September 2004. He is Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs and International Affairs. In this capacity, he administers the graduate degree programs in Comparative Legal Studies, Real Estate Law, and Environmental Law – from graduate admissions and financial aid, to advising and teaching the foreign-trained students. He is also developing opportunities for further innovation and expansion. Dean Shulman oversees the Visiting Scholars Program, the Center for Continuing Legal Education, the Institute for International Commercial Law, and Pace Law School's international affiliations.
Dr. Shulman received his BA from Yale University, a master’s degree in history from Oxford University, a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from Columbia University, where he was a Stone Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. In addition to practicing law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, Dr. Shulman has served on the faculties of Yale, Columbia, and the Air War College.
Selected Books:
Imperial Presidency and the Consequences of 9/11: Lawyers Respond to the Global War on Terrorism, editor with James R. Silkenat (Praeger Security International, 2007).
An Admiral's Yarn: The Autobiography of Harris Laning, edited in conjunction with the Naval War College Press editorial staff and wrote introduction (Naval War College Press, Historical Monographs Series, No. 14, 1999).
Navalism and the Emergence of American Sea Power, 1882-1893. Naval Institute Press, 1995.
The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World, edited with Michael Howard and George Andreopoulos. Yale University Press, 1994.
Selected Articles:
“China’s Implementation of the UN Sales Convention,” with Lachmi Singh 48 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (Spring 2010)
“Truth In Consequences: The Legal Architecture of the ‘War On Terror’” 103 American Journal of International Law (Oct. 2009)
"The 'War On Terror' Is Over – Now What? Restoring the Four Freedoms as a Foundation for Peace and Security," Journal of National Security Law and Policy (2009)
"Lawyers, Traders and the Rule of Law," Wuhan University International Law Review (2009)
"National Security Courts: Star Chamber or Specialized Justice?," ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, International Practitioner’s Notebook Edition (2009).
“The Four Freedoms: Good Neighbors Make Good Law and Good Policy in a Time of Insecurity,” 77 Fordham Law Review 101 (2008).
"Contingency in Biophysical Research" with Robert G. Shulman, chapter in Contingency in the Study of Politics. New York University Press, (2007).
"Exile or Opportunity? The Benefits of Mastering US Law" chapter in Globalização Econômica, Meio Ambiente E Sociedade Civil / Economic Globalization, The Environment And Civil Society Claudia Lima Marques, ed., (Federal Univ. Rio Grande do Sul, 2006).
"Public Health and The Law: Responding to Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies in New York," symposium report (2006).
"The Proliferation Security Initiative and the Evolution of the Law on the Use of Force" article, Houston Journal of International Law 28:3 (2006).
"The Proliferation Security Initiative as a New Paradigm for Peace and Security" monograph, Army War College Monograph Series (2006).
“The Proliferation Security Initiative and the Evolution of the Law on the Use of Force,” 27 Houston Journal of International Law (2006).
“The Legality and Constitutionality of the President’s Authority to Initiate an Invasion of Iraq: A Report of the Committee of International Security Affairs of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York,” (principal author with Lawrence J. Lee) 41 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 15 (2002).
“The Progressive Era Origins of the National Security Act,” 104 Dickinson Law Review 289 (2000).
“Discrimination in the Laws of Information Warfare,” 37 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 939 (1999).
