J.D., LLM (International Human Rights Law)
Charlie Martel is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and teaches in the Lawyering Program. Previously, he was Professor of Practice with the Washington & Lee University of Law, where he directed the externship program and taught courses on National Security Legislation and the Legal Profession. He taught Legal Writing at the American University Washington College of Law.
Professor Martel served as Investigative Counsel with the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. His legal career includes work for Human Rights Watch as well as public interest work with civil liberties, humanitarian response, and legal aid non-profits. He began his career with over a decade of private law firm practice. Professor Martel has done pro bono work for refugees seeking asylum internationally as well as for immigrants in the U.S.
His academic publications include articles on human rights, the US civil rights movement, and humanitarian law and policy in the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, Vermont Law Review, and the St. Marys Law School Scholar. Professor Martels article on racism as grounds for impeachment will be published in the New York University Review of Law and Social Change in early 2021. He has also written over 20 essays on law and policy for online publications including Slate, Lawfare, and Just Security.
Professor Martel has a masters degree in international human rights law from the London School of Economics, a law degree from the Washington & Lee University School of Law, and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. He volunteered with the Red Cross at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well as with relief efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
