Claire Finkelstein

Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Her research focuses on presidential authority, the law of war, and topics in the rule of law and democratic governance. In 2012, Prof. Finkelstein founded Penn Law’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a non-partisan interdisciplinary ethics center that promotes the rule of law in contemporary conflict, warfare, and national security. An expert in the law of armed conflict, military ethics, and national security law, Prof. Finkelstein is a co-editor (with Jens David Ohlin) of The Oxford Series in Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law, and a volume editor of six of its titles. Prof. Finkelstein is also a sought-after consultant in professional ethics and national security law. She has briefed administration officials, members of the U.S. military, members of Congress, state officials and organizations and individuals in the private sector. She is also a frequent radio, broadcast, and print commentator and has published op-eds in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Bloomberg and The Guardian, where she is also a Contributing Opinion Writer.