David Scheffer

David Scheffer
1st United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
In office
August 5, 1997 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPierre-Richard Prosper
Personal details
Born (1953-09-18) September 18, 1953 (age 71)

David John Scheffer (born September 18, 1953, in Norman, Oklahoma) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. He is the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law[1] at Northwestern University School of Law, where he directed the Center for International Human Rights from 2006 to 2019.[2]

  1. ^ "Permanent Faculty Chairs". Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Faculty Profiles: David J. Scheffer". Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006.