Harlan Grant Cohen is a Professor of Law at Fordham Law School. His teaching and research focus on international law, international trade, international legal theory, global governance, and U.S. foreign relations law.  Professor Cohen is a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law and a member of the American Law Institute. Previously, he served as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and served as co-chair of the society’s 106th Annual Meeting. 

Prior to joining the faculty at Fordham Law, Professor Cohen was the Gabriel M. Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and Faculty co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.  At the University of Georgia, Professor Cohen was also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of International Affairs.  

Professor Cohen came to Georgia from New York University School of Law, where he was a Furman Fellow.  Prior to that, he worked at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and served as a judicial clerk for Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.  Before entering law school, Professor Cohen worked at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the journal Foreign Affairs.

Professor Cohen earned his JD from New York University School of Law and an MA in History from Yale University.  Previously, he graduated from Yale College with dual degree in History and International Studies.