Professor Sloss is an internationally renowned scholar who has published two books and numerous law review articles addressing the application of international law in domestic courts. His scholarship in this area is informed by a decade of experience in the federal government, where he helped draft and negotiate several major international treaties. Professor Sloss serves frequently as a consultant for U.S. attorneys who seek advice on the domestic application of international law in U.S. courts.

Prior to joining the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty, Professor Sloss taught for nine years at Saint Louis University School of Law. Before Sloss started his teaching career, he worked as a litigation associate at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto and clerked for Senior Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco.

• Director, Nuclear Safeguards and Technology Division, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1992-93
• Foreign Affairs Analyst, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1984-91

• International Law
• International Human Rights
• Treaties
• U.S. Foreign Relations Law
• Constitutional Law
• Federal Courts
• Capital Punishment
• Nuclear Proliferation