John Linarelli is a Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law. He joined the faculty in August 2002. Professor Linarelli has taught law school in three countries and law courses in many more. Prior to coming to La Verne, he was Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of Graduate Legal Studies at the University of East Anglia Law School in England, a leading British law school. He has served as Visiting Professor of the Common Law at the University of Trier, in Germany.

Professor Linarelli practiced law for over ten years before becoming a full-time academic. His practice experience was in Washington D.C., at several law firms including Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Spriggs & Hollingsworth and his own law firm, Braverman & Linarelli. He was also Senior Fellow at the International Law Institute in Washington D.C. When in private practice with his own firm, Professor Linarelli was lead counsel in the Matter of M- K-, one of the first cases in the United States and globally to grant political asylum to a woman on the basis of gender-related persecution. Professor Linarelli has served as a consultant to various governments and international institutions, including the Inter-American Development Bank and International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO). He has served as an observer for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) project on revising the Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services.

Professor Linarelli has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Duquesne University, which he earned magna cum laude. He has a J.D. degree from the American University Washington College of Law, and he obtained an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center with distinction, having graduated with the best academic record in his graduating class, which earned him the Thomas Bradbury Chetwood S.J. Prize. He has a Ph.D. in Law from King's College, University of London.

Professor Linarelli is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Bars (all inactive). He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Philosophical Association, and the American Society of International Law.

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