Avidan Cover
Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy
Phone: 216/368-5224
Email:
ayc30@case.edu
Prior to his appointment at Case Western, Professor Cover taught at the Seton Hall University School of Law, where he supervised the Urban Revitalization Project in Newark, New Jersey. In addition, he was a Gibbons Public Interest and Constitutional Law Fellow from 2007 to 2009 during which time he litigated prisoner’s rights, same-sex marriage, national security and education cases in federal and state court. Professor Cover also served as Senior Counsel in Human Rights First’s Law and Security Program where he researched and analyzed U.S. military and intelligence agencies’ interrogation and detention policies and practices. He holds a B.A. degree from Princeton University and a J.D. cum laude from Cornell School of Law.
