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Faculty Profile
Boris Kozolchyk
Academic Title: Evo DeConcini Professor of Law and Director of National Law Center
E-mail:
Boris Kozolchyk
Office Number: 206
Office Phone: (520) 621-9645
Office Fax: (520) 621-9140
Courses Taught:
Comparative Commercial Law
SSRN Published Papers
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Education |
University of Michigan School of Law, S.J.D. (Ph.D. equivalent degree) (1966) |
University of Michigan School of Law, LL.M. (1960) |
University of Miami School of Law, L.L.B. (1959) Top Student Award |
Faculté International de Droit Compare, Luxembourg, Diplome de Droit Compare (1958) |
University of Havana, Doctorate in Civil Law (1956) |
Admitted to Practice |
Arizona |
United States Supreme Court |
Personal Work Experience |
Evo DeConcini Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1998 - present |
President and Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, Tucson, Arizona, April 1992 - present |
Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law, 1969 - 1998 |
Visiting Professor, University of Aix en Provence, France, Summer 1985 |
Distinguished Bailey Visiting Professor and Tucker Lecturer, Louisiana State University, Spring 1979 |
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Costa Rica School of Law, 1967 - 1969 |
Director of Law Reform Project, USAID, San José, Costa Rica, 1967 - 1969 |
Resident Consultant, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1964 - 1967 |
Guest Lecturer, Extension Graduate Seminar on Latin American Law, UCLA, Spring 1965 |
Guest Lecturer, Latin American Law Seminar, Stanford University, Spring 1964 |
Visiting Exchange Professor of Law, National University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Summer 1962 |
Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Mexico, Summer 1961 |
Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1960 - 1964 |
Teaching Assistant, Faculte Internationale de Droit Compare, Luxembourg, 1958 |
Teaching Assistant, University of Miami School of Law, 1957 - 1959 |
Representative Publications
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| Latin American Company Law: A Comparative and Economic Development Perspective Vol. 1 (2013) (co-editor, with Francisco Hernando Reyes & author of Introduction xxiii and Invigorating Micro and Small Businesses through Secured Commercial Credit in Latin America: The Need for Legal and Institutional Reform, Chapter 1 (co-author, with Cristina Castaneda)). |
| La Contratación Comercial En El Derecho Comparado (2006). |
| United States Law of Trade and Investment (2001) (co-author, with John F. Molloy) and author of Dedications and Acknowledgments v, Introduction I-1 (co-author with John F. Molloy), Chapter 1, Law of the U.S. in Comparative-Legal Reasoning-Perspective, Chapter 22, Negotiable Instruments and Bank Deposits and Collections, and Chapter 24, Commercial Letters of Credit. |
| El Derecho Comercial ante el Libre Comercio y el Desarrollo Economico (1996). |
| Making Free Trade Work in the Americas (1993) (editor & author of NAFTAs Continuous Commercial Legal Highway 5 and Introduction to the Guidelines for the Clearing and Return of Checks between Canada, the United States and Mexico 340). |
| Letters of Credit (Vol. IX, Chap. 5 in the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (monograph)) (1973). |
| Curso de Derecho Mercantil: Texto y Material de Estudio (1971) (co-author, with Octavio Torrealba). |
| Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Commercial Transactions (1966). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Commenter, Technological Innovations and Legal Orderings (Seminario en Latinoamerica de Teoria Constitucional y Politica (SELA), San Jose, Costa Rica, June 11, 2011).
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Lecturer, Code of Commerce 40 Year Commemoration Event (Colegio de Abogados Comercialistas, Bogota, Colombia, Apr. 1, 2011).
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Lecturer, OAS Model Inter-American Law on Secured Transactions (Centro de Eventos SEMINARIUM), Santiago & Temuco, Chile, Apr. 6 & Apr. 7, 2011).
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Panelist, A Legal and Regulatory Perspective: Secured Transactions Reform (STR) as a Case Study (Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Univ. Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 6, 2010).
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| Complete List of Presentations |
Organizations |
Arizona State Bar |
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American Bar Association |
| Task Force for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1988 - 1990 |
American Law Institute 1987 - present |
| Consultative Committee to UCC Articles 3, 4, 4a and 5 |
Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris |
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Founding Member, American Academy of Foreign Law |
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International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law |
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Public Service |
Board of Advisors, North American Dialogue, Kennedy School, Harvard University 2002 - present |
United States Delegate, Organization of American States (OAS) for Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) Convention on Secured Transactions Law 2002 |
Advisor, National Commissioners of Uniform State Laws for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code 1990 - present |
United States Delegate, Organization of American States (OAS) for Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-V) Convention on Choice of Law on Contractual Disputes 1993 - 1994 |
United States Delegate, United Nations Commission on Uniform Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantee Convention 1989 - 1994 |
United States Representative, International Chamber of Commerce for the United States Council on International Banking for the Revision of the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (UCP 500) 1989 - 1992 |
President, International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law 1988 - 1990 |
Advisor, Library of Congress, Law Division 1988 |
Consultant on Legal Systems, U.S. Agency for International Development 1974 - 1977 |
Consultant on Uniformity of Commercial Laws, Organization of American States and U.S. State Department 1974 - 1977 |
American Journal of Comparative Law, Editorial Board |
International Banking Law Journal, London, Editorial Board |
Letters of Credit Update, Advisory Board |
Documentary Credit World, Editorial Board |
Honorary Chairman, Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona |
Advisory Member, Arizona-Mexico Commission |
Advisor, State Attorney General's Office on Use of Standby Letters of Credit in Real Estate Workout Transactions |
United States Representative, International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission |
United States Delegate, UNCITRAL, International Contracts Conventions |
Institutional Service |
College of Law Library Committee |
College of Law Publications Committee |
College of Law Interdisciplinary Activities Committee |
Faculty Advisor, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law |
Organizer of Exchange Agreement with National University of Mexico |
University of Arizona Latin American Studies Committee |
University of Arizona International Programs Committee |
Awards |
| International Legal and Business Research Center, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Named after Prof. Kozolchyk Sept. 15, 2006 |
| Student Inn of the U.S. - Mexican Bar Association at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Named after Prof. Kozolchyk June 9, 2005 |
| First Annual Excellence in International Education/Service Award, University of Arizona, Center for English as a Second Language November 16, 2005 |
| Leonard J. Theberge Award from the American Bar Association for Long Term Contribution to Private International Law March 2004 |
| Partners for Democracy Award of the America-Israel Friendship League September 14, 2003 |
| Martin Luther King Community Award for Contribution fo the Better Understanding of the Peoples of the Americas, Tucson, Ariz. 2002 |
| Nominated for the World Technology Award in Law by the World Technology Network August 2001 |
| Selected as one of the 100 Women and Minorities Achievers for the State of Arizona September 21, 2000 |
| Recognition of Superior Service for the States of Arizona and Sonora, Arizona-Mexico Commission, signed by Governor Lopez Nogales November 1999 |
| Man of the Year Award, Hispanic Professional Action Committee 1995 |
| Selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Business Magazine 1991 |
| Selected by the Harvard University Law School International Financial Systems Program and the World Bank as Advisor to the Project Lao (Commercial Code Drafting) 1991 |
| Commendation by the U.S. Department of State for Extraordinary Service as a United States delegate to UNCITRAL 1990 |
| Establishment of the "Kozolchyk Award" for best student writing by the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law 1989 |
| Magisterial Lecturer, National University of Mexico School of Law 1989 |
| University of Arizona College of Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award March 1990 |
| First Distinguished Service Award by The Arizona-Sonora Bar Association 1989 |
| Inducted to the Hall of Fame of Professors of Commercial Law, National University of Mexico 1987 |
| Man of the Year, Tucson Jewish Community Council 1982 |
| Honorary Life Member for Distinguished Legal Research, National Mexican Notarial Bar Association 1982 |
| Commendation by U.S. Department of Justice for Consulting and Expert Testimony Work on Letter of Credit Litigation 1979 |
| "Fairness in Anglo and Latin American Adjudication; Nominated for Hubert Herring Award of the P.C.C.L.A.S. 1979 |
| Selected by the Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany as Reporter for the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law; Topic: Documents of Title (2nd topic assignment) |
| Community Service Award, Tucson Jewish Community Council 1978 |
| Selected by National University of Mexico as United States Representative to the First Mexican Congress of Commercial Law 1974 |
| COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT IN THE AMERICAS selected as Best Book in the field of Letters of Credit Law by Spanish Government Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, award of Translation Royalties, Madrid 1973 |
| Best Book Award for Spanish translation of COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT IN THE AMERICAS, Inter-American Bar Association 1973 |
| National Science Foundation Research Grantee 1973 - 1975 |
| Selected as General Reporter for the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law on the topic of Letters of Credit and Related Documents, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany 1970 |
| Extraordinary Merit Award for Teaching and Research, College of Law, University of Costa Rica 1969 |
Updated:
09/29/2011
