My article in the 2024 University of Chicago Legal Forum has just dropped: legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archive/…

New substack post has dropped at open.substack.com/pub/paulstepha…

Another substack post, this one sharing some images and a few thoughts on the hostage release/peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, which was announced the evening before my last class at Tel Aviv University: substack.com/inbox/post/154…

Yesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of respondents in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., No. 23-1201, a case involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in which the Supreme Court will here oral argument on March 3. Here is the link:

Having just submitted an amicus brief in CC/Devas (Mauritious) Limited v. Antrix Corp. in support of respondents, I share my reflections on the case on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/paulstepha… Also cross-posted on Transnational Litigation Blog tlblog.org/cc-devas-mauri…

Prof. Paul Stephan Paul Stephan will deliver the keynote, “International Law and Technological Innovation,” at the CJIL 2025 Symposium on Friday The Chicago Journal of International Law 📷 2025 CJIL Symposium: Technological Innovation in Global Governance: Measuring Potential to Create, Facilitate, and Destroy

Prof. Paul Stephan ’77 will deliver the keynote, “International Law and Technological Innovation,” at the CJIL 2025 Symposium on Friday at UChicago Law School. Prof. Ashley Deeks will be a panelist for “Technology as Facilitator.” law.uchicago.edu/events/2025-cj…

I have just published a substack post, this one about my keynote address for the Chicago International Law Journal's annual symposium on technological innovation in global governance. It's free, and you can find it here: open.substack.com/pub/paulstepha…

Wednesday 1:30 pm EST the Federalist Society is hosting George Bermann, Ingrid Brunk, and myself on Devas v. Antrix, argued this morning in SCOTUS, Julian Ku moderating. Link at fedsoc.org/events/do-fore… Based on today's argument, I will guess that the Court will not answer that

Our article on Ukraine and syndicate loans is now up. Still relevant (I think): academic.oup.com/cmlj/article-a…

I've published a substack piece on the attack on Harvard's tax exemption. I draw on an article I published 43 years ago. Check it out: paulstephan.substack.com/p/the-threat-t…

My guest appearance on Clauses and Controversies: soundcloud.com/clauses-contro… Mitu, Mark and I discuss successor-state debtor and creditor issues with respect to Syria, Ukraine, and, speculatively, Greenland.

Following my appearance on the Clauses and Controversies podcast, I have published some additional thoughts on my substack: paulstephan.substack.com/p/state-succes…

Inside this story about the Law School building is an account of my prolonged and persistent, against great resistance, wooing of my classmate Pamela Clark: law.virginia.edu/uvalawyer/spri…

My take on the Supreme Court's Devas opinion has appeared on Transnational Litigation Blog: tlblog.org/three-question… I have additional thoughts on my substack: paulstephan.substack.com/p/more-on-inte… Please subscribe! It's free (and perhaps still overpriced).

Farewell to Shenzhen and my wonderful students at Peking University School of Transnational Law.

A new, and I hope last, post on the Devas decision. This one looks at whether suits seeking to confirm an arbitral award based on the New York Convention must satisfy a subject matter jurisdiction requirement. paulstephan.substack.com/p/devas-and-su…

My keynote address for the Chicago Journal of International Law's symposium is now in print: cjil.uchicago.edu In addition, the Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law, edited by Joel Slawtowsky, is now out: e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-res…

The Board of Visitors has selected Prof. Paul G. Mahoney, a former #UVALaw dean, to serve as interim president of UVA. law.virginia.edu/news/202508/uv…

The NY Times quotes me about yacht-based sanctions: nytimes.com/2025/08/14/wor… TLDR: These kinds of sanctions cause pain to the adversary but probably won't generate a lot of money for those we support.