Rakesh (Raj) Kumar Bhala

Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor

bhala@ku.edu

School of Law
University of Kansas
Green Hall
1535 West 15th Street
Lawrence, Kansas U.S.A. 66045

Telephone: 785-864-9224
Fax: 785-864-5054

Academic Department

Law

Research Specialty

• International Trade Law, especially trade remedies, agricultural issues, and developing country problems.
• Islamic Law, especially sources of the Shari'a (usul al-fiqh), Penal Law, and Law of War.

Awards

• Marshall Scholar, 1984-86, London School of Economics and Oxford University
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York, President's Award for Excellence, (1990 and 1992).
• Letter of Commendation from U.S. Department of State for service at United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (1991).

Professional Memberships

• Royal Society for Asian Affairs
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Fellowship of Catholic Scholars

Degrees

• Bachelors (A.B.) summa cum laude, Duke, Economics, 1984
• Masters (M.Sc.), London School of Economics, 1985
• Masters (M.Sc.), Oxford (Trinity College), Management (Industrial Relations), 1986
• Law (J.D.), cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1989

For More Information

• The University of Kansas School of Law

Why Study at the University of Kansas?

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