Dario Navarro Joins Monterey College of Law as Associate Dean of International Legal Studies
Dean Mitchel Winick announced this week that Dario Navarro has joined Monterey College of Law as Associate Dean of International Legal Studies. Navarro, an experienced international lawyer, professor, and business consultant will help develop the law school’s new graduate LL.M. degree program in International Law.
Seaside, CA (PRWEB) March 18, 2011
Dean Mitchel Winick announced this week that Dario Navarro has joined Monterey College of Law as Associate Dean of International Legal Studies. Navarro, an experienced international lawyer, professor, and business consultant will help develop the law school’s new graduate LL.M. degree program in International Law. The LL.M. degree program is a 24-unit, one-year program that is designed to promote advanced legal education for practicing attorneys and law school graduates from the U.S and foreign countries. The program is designed to prepare graduates to participate in the global marketplace in business, government, and international law practice.
“We are delighted that someone with Dario’s extensive international experience is available to join the faculty of Monterey College of Law,” said Winick. “His experience in both teaching international law and international business fits well with the practical philosophy of our law school.”
In addition to his administrative responsibility over the establishment of the new LL.M. degree program, Navarro will be teaching International Law at Monterey College of Law during the summer semester. His previous faculty experience includes teaching international law, finance, economics, business strategy, and risk management at a number of U.S. and international universities, including European University and Barcelona Business School in Barcelona, Spain; Griffith University School of Law in Brisbane, Australia; Tsukuba University in Tsukuba, Japan; Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California; Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon; and University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence, Kansas. He has also been an invited guest lecturer at the Instituo de Empresa Business School in Madrid, Spain, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander, Spain and Pompeu Fabra Universitat in Barcelona, Spain.
“I believe that my experience living and working abroad in Europe and Asia will prove quite useful in the development of the new LL.M. program,” commented Navarro. “During my professional career, I have worked in Spain, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Australia.” Navarro also has a private law and consulting practice with client firms based in the U.S., Southeast Asia, and Europe seeking financing for renewable energy and clean technology projects, especially in such fields as carbon finance, biofuel development, biochar production, wind energy, and advanced water processing technologies.
“I have been especially impressed with the creative vision and innovative leadership that Dean Winick has brought to his responsibilities,” Navarro elaborated. “For example, the development of the new iPad-based approach to curriculum development and the state-of-the-art Internet teleconferencing capabilities that the College has implemented under Dean Winick’s leadership will play a crucial role in the new international legal studies program. Imagine sitting around a conference table in Monterey to “˜attend’ a seminar on European business law taught by a distinguished law professor who is presenting from Perugia, Italy, but appears to the U.S. students as a projected real-time digital image. The lecturer and students in both Italy and Monterey will be able to communicate with each other as if they were in the same location. The educational possibilities created by the law school’s investments in technology are as exciting as they are limitless,” said Navarro.
In addition to his teaching experience, Navarro has an impressive academic career, having earned an LL.M. from Yale Law School, M.P.A. from Princeton University, J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, and a B.A. from Marquette University. He also attended the Institute on International and Comparative Law at Oxford University in a summer program sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law.
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