Michael J Weaver

Michael J Weaver is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at Columbia Law School in New York. He previously earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international security policy from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in the study of human rights violations by governments and non-state actors. For his graduate thesis, Michael collaborated with the UN OHCHR in Sri Lanka to assess the status of its post-conflict development in the decade following the cessation of its conflict with the Tamil Tigers. After completing his JD, Michael hopes to use his legal and policy credentials to help improve and expand the mandate of international law to help prevent the most egregious types of human rights violations.