Pammela Quinn Saunders
Drexel University
Thomas R. Kline School of Law
3320 Market Street, Room 270 ∙ Philadelphia, PA 19104
(917) 653-9809 (m) ∙ pqs23@drexel.edu
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Assistant Professor of Law
September 2012-Present
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
August 2010-August 2012
Courses: International Business Transactions, Transnational Legal Issues, International Law,
Civil Procedure, Property
Service: Colloquium Committee (Chair, 2013-Present; Member, 2012-Present); Appointments
Committee (2014-Present); Organizer, Junior Law Faculty Workshop Series (2012Present); International Programs Committee (Ad Hoc) (2013-Present); Career
Development and Judicial Clerkships Committee (2010-2013); Coach, Jessup
International Moot Court Team (2010-2013)
Duke University School of Law
Lecturing Fellow
Spring 2006, Fall 2007
EDUCATION
Duke University School of Law, J.D. 2000 (summa cum laude)
Honors: Willis Smith Award (highest academic average in graduating class); Order of the
Coif; Duke Law Journal (Executive Editor); Moot Court Board; Teaching Assistant,
Legal Research & Writing; B.S. Womble Scholar (3-year merit scholarship)
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1995 (cum laude), Major: English
Honors: English Departmental Honors awarded for Senior Thesis; Green Key Honor Society;
Teaching Assistant, First-Year English; Writing Tutor, Dartmouth Composition
Center
PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
Insuring Corporate Social Responsibility (in progress)
Advancing the Conversation: Non-Judicial Voices and the Transnational Judicial Dialogue
(book chapter) (forthcoming)
Rethinking Corporate Human Rights Accountability, 89 Tulane L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2015)
The Integrated Enforcement of Human Rights, 45 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 97 (2012)
A Sea Change off the Coast of Maine: Common Pool Resources as Cultural Property, 60 Emory
L.J. 1323 (2011)
Preserving Minors’ Rights After Casey: The “New Battlefield” of Negligence and Strict Liability
Statutes, 49 Duke L.J. 297 (1999)
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PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, AND CONFERENCES
Presenter, “Insuring Corporate Social Responsibility,” Second Annual Transnational
Governance Solutions to International Business Challenges Roundtable, Washington & Lee
University Law School, Lexington, Virginia, January 7-8, 2015.
Presenter, “Advancing the Conversation: Non-Judicial Voices and the Transnational Judicial
Dialogue,” Symposium 2014—Judicial Education and the Art of Judging: From Myth to
Methodology, University of Missouri School of Law, Center for the Study of Dispute
Resolution, October 9, 2014.
Presenter, “Advancing the Conversation: Non-Judicial Voices and the Transnational Judicial
Dialogue,” The Fifth International Four Societies Conference (“Experts, Networks and
International Law”), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 2, 2014.
Presenter, “Rethinking Corporate Human Rights Accountability,” Fifth Annual ASU Legal
Scholars Conference, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Tempe,
Arizona, March 15, 2014.
Presenter, “Individual Versus Institutional Liability Threats in Human Rights Litigation,”
Transnational Governance Solutions to International Business Challenges Roundtable,
Washington & Lee University Law School, Lexington, Virginia, January 10, 2014.
Presenter, “Evidence of Torture,” Sharing Scholarship, Building Teachers: 2013 Scholarship and
Teaching Development Workshop, Albany Law School, Albany, New York, February 2, 2013.
Presenter, “Evidence of Torture,” Junior International Law Scholars Conference, New York Law
School, New York, New York, February 1, 2013.
Presenter, “Evidence of Torture,” 2012-2013 Faculty Speaker Series, Texas Wesleyan School of
Law, Ft. Worth, Texas, January 30, 2013.
Discussant, “The Constitution and Treaty Compliance: The Story of an Unknown Constitutional
Revolution” (author: David Sloss), 2013 International Law Colloquium, Temple Law School,
January 22, 2013.
Moderator, “Models of Internationalization,” Symposium on Building Global Professional
Professionalism: Emerging Trends in International and Transnational Legal Education, Drexel
University The Earle Mack School of Law, October 12, 2012.
Presenter, “Making Pilot Judgments Work: Lessons from Integrated Enforcement,” HiiL/NIAS
Workshop and Works-in-Progress Conference: Collective Redress in the Cross-Border Context:
Arbitration, Litigation, Settlement and Beyond, Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies,
Wassenaar, The Netherlands, June 20, 2012.
Presenter, “The Integrated Enforcement of Human Rights,” Annual Workshop on International
and Comparative Law, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, March 30,
2012.
Presenter, “The Integrated Enforcement of Human Rights,” Junior International Law Scholars
Conference, University of Georgia Law School, Athens, Georgia, February 9, 2012.
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Presenter, “Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Court of
Justice Panel, International Law 2010 Year in Review, AALS Section on International Law,
AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 6, 2011.
OTHER MEDIA PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES
Blog Post, “A Different Take on Torture and Zero Dark Thirty,” The Huffington Post, January
13, 2013 (available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pammela-saunders/zero-dark-thirtytorture_b_2469066.html).
On Air Guest, “Does The Future of the Supreme Court Matter in This Election?”, The American
Law Journal, Philadelphia CNN Affiliate WFMZ-TV, October 28, 2012 (archived at
www.lawjournaltv.com).
LEGAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser
2009-10
Washington, DC
Attorney-Adviser. Represented the United States in connection with diplomatic property matters
in over 100 countries; traveled to numerous countries to negotiate with foreign government
officials and private parties; recipient of “Meritorious Honor Award.”
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
2002-05, 2006-09
Washington, DC
Counsel. Member of Supreme Court and Class Action practice groups: authored dozens of briefs
in diverse subject areas, including international law, foreign relations law, constitutional law,
education law, and intellectual property law; defended corporations against putative class
actions.
Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC
Bristow Fellow.
2001-02
Hon. Paul V. Niemeyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Baltimore, MD
Law Clerk.
2000-01
Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Washington, DC
Summer Associate.
Summer 2000
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
New York, NY
Summer Associate.
Summer 1999
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MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of International Law (Philadelphia Pod Mentor, Women in International Law
Interest Group); American Bar Association; International Association for the Study of the
Commons