Elisabeth Wickeri is the Executive Director of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham University Law School, where she also teaches as an adjunct professor. Before joining the Leitner Center, Ms. Wickeri served as program director at Human Rights in China, and she continues to serve as the Executive Director of the Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers. Ms. Wickeri has been working closely with the Association of the Bar of the City of New York for over a decade, serving as chair of the International Human Rights Committee for three years, and as an ongoing member of the Council on International Affairs.