Joanna Lam

Primary fields of research

International Economic Law

International Arbitration

Legal Interpretation and Argumentation

Current research

transparency in trade and investment disputes

judicialization of investment dispute resolution

hybrid processes (arb-med, med-arb) in arbitration

comparative analysis in arbitration

Teaching

International Commercial Contracts

International Sales Law

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Joanna Jemielniak is Professor mso at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts). She specializes in international business law and arbitration, as well as in theory of legal discourse. Her current research focuses on transparency in trade and investment disputes; court-like mechanisms in investment dispute resolution; hybrid processes (combining arbitration and mediation); and on the use of comparative analysis in arbitral decision-making.

Joanna Jemielniak graduated from Harvard Law School and from University of Warsaw (summa cum laude). She holds doctoral and habilitation degrees in juridical sciences and is also attorney-at-law. She was also a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard Law School in 2004/05 and subsequently held visiting appointments at UNIDROIT (2006), Harvard Law School (2007), University of California, Berkeley School of Law (2008) and Renmin Law School, Beijing (2013). She is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law and an International Collaborator to International Commercial Arbitration Practices: A Discourse Analytical Study.

She is an author and editor of a number of books, including the monograph “Legal Interpretation in International Commercial Arbitration” (Ashgate 2014) and the most recent volume "Establishing Judicial Authority in International Economic Law" (Cambridge University Press 2016; Joanna Jemielniak, Laura Nielsen and Henrik Palmer Olsen eds.). Her articles were published in, inter alia: European Business Law Review, Oxford Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence and Uniform Law Review.

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Education:

 
2017               University of Lodz, habilitation in juridical sciences

2012               Harvard Law School, LL.M. 

2005               PolishAcademy of Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies, Doctor of Juridical Sciences

 1999               University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Master of Law (magister iuris), summa cum laude

Academic positions held:

2013               Visiting Scholar at RenminUniversity, Beijing (LawSchool)

2009+            Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law). Since 2012 at Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts)

2008               Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall - School of Law)

2007               Visiting Scholar at HarvardUniversity (Harvard Law School)

2006-7            Visiting Researcher at UNIDROIT, Rome

2005               Assistant Professor at KozminskiUniversity, Warsaw

2004-5            Fulbright Visiting Researcher at HarvardUniversity (HarvardLawSchool)

Management experience and positions of trust:

2014+             iCourts coordinator for the PhD studies, University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law)

2012+             Harvard Club of Poland - member of the Board for the 'Road to Harvard' competition

2010-2013       Member of the Board for the Ph.D. Studies, University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law)

2009-2010       Member of the Board for International Programs, University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law)

2008-9            Vice Dean, Kozminski University (coordination of studies in Public Administration, part-time and full time programs, at the Bachelor and Master levels)

2006-7            Coordinator of the report for State Accreditation Committee on KozminskiUniversity programs in public administration (report evaluated by the Committee as outstanding)

2006               AACSB international accreditation team member at KozminskiUniversity

2002-4            Foundation for Polish Science – START grant for young researchers 2002/03, extended for 2003/04

2002-4            Top 15 Program (for outstanding students) creator and Coordinator at KozminskiUniversity

1999-2004      Collegium Invisibile (member of the Board of Directors, elected for 3 consecutive terms)

Professional experience:

2011+           Attorney-at-law

1999-2004     Collegium Invisibile (member of the Board of Directors, elected for 3 consecutive terms)

1999 – 2001  Cracow Real Estates Institute (consultant)

1998             Sołtysiński, Kawecki & Szlęzak. Legal Advisors (legal intern)

Honors and Awards:

2012              HarvardLawSchool Summer Academic Fellowship

2006              Kozminski University Rector’s Award for Scholarly Achievements

2005              Kozminski University Rector’s Award for doctoral dissertation

2004              Fulbright Foundation fellowship

2003              Kozminski University Rector’s Award for Scholarly Achievements

2002-4           Foundation for Polish Science – START grant for outstanding young researchers 2002/03, extended for 2003/04

1999              Master’s Diploma summa cum laude, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw

1995-9           Collegium Invisibile Fellowship

1995              German Ministry of Education Fellowship

1994              Polish Ministry of Education Award

Selected expert collaborations and invited contributions:

Harvard Club of Poland

International Commercial Arbitration Practices (International Collaborator), Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration

Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, Warsaw

Chinese Arbitration Association

Alliance for Business Education (Bradford University, UK; EADA, Spain; Audencia Nantes, France; and Kozminski University, Poland)