Arbitration / Mediation / Legal / International Negotiation
JUDICIAL heritage
Versed in every U.S. and many other national and international jurisdictions around the world, Melissa has prepared to be a judge from a very early age.
ASPIRATIONS TO SERVE AS A JUDGE SINCE BIRTH
Variety of Judging Experiences
My service as a judge and adjudicator spans formal and informal settings.
Interaction with Judges From Around the World
From Europe to Asia, Africa to South America, I have engaged with judges and arbitrators at all levels of governance--local through international and others.
Expert of National Supreme Courts Around the World
Whether jurisprudential, biographical, architectural or other facets of the Court, I have developed a deep knowledge of Supreme Courts, their constitutional bases, their case law, their judges and more.
Constitutive documents are the Stairways to Courtrooms, like those leading to the 10th Circuit.
Constitutional law, treaty law, contracts law -- all fields in which I am versed and expert.
Writing Pertaining to Constitutional & Treaty Law, & More!
Expertise in International Courts
In addition to correspondence with ICJ Judges and the UN Office of Legal Affairs, I have developed academic analyses of international law.
ICJ Example
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/icj-advisory-opinions-questions-presented
CSA Examples
Baseball
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/take-me-in-for-the-ballgame
In addition to correspondence with ICJ Judges and the UN Office of Legal Affairs, I have developed academic analyses of international law.
ICJ Example
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/icj-advisory-opinions-questions-presented
CSA Examples
Baseball
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/take-me-in-for-the-ballgame
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/steal-bases-not-art
Basketball https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/hoops-at-the-court
Tennis https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/for-love-of-the-court
Cross-Court Analyses (ICJ, CAS; Olympics)
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/kindertransport-cil-some-changes-1930-2022
Olympics
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/olympiques-five-perms-forthcoming
Along with unpublished reviews of Soccer, Football American, Running, and Others.
Judicial Diplomacy
Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Chief Justice
A Summit of Justices: Ukraine, Russia, & USA
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/russia-ukraine-a-us-moderated-dialogue-on-commonalities
South America
Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, and m
Eastern Europe
Ukrainian Chief Justice
A Summit of Justices: Ukraine, Russia, & USA
https://internationalattestations.com/blog/f/russia-ukraine-a-us-moderated-dialogue-on-commonalities
South America
Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, and many other exchanges with judicial leaders from around the continent.
Asia
Collaborator with engaging with novel international advocates from Asia, especially Korea, China, Japan, & Indonesia.
North America
Outreach efforts for a cross-border mechanism to implement concerning a potential high-level dialogue with long-standing constitutionalist on a North American Question.
European Union
Interactions with so many national and international jurists from scores of nations around the world, to include Serbia's Tomka & France's Abraham -- both at the Internatinoal Court of Justice.
Comparative Constitutionalism & Judiciaries
With a basis in my State Department work comparing national judiciaries and their compliance with international treaties, I have continued such comparativism throughout my studies to include national as well as international bodies, such as the International Law Commission.
Case Study: Ireland
Chapter for IRCR
With a great opportunity prov
With a basis in my State Department work comparing national judiciaries and their compliance with international treaties, I have continued such comparativism throughout my studies to include national as well as international bodies, such as the International Law Commission.
Case Study: Ireland
Chapter for IRCR
With a great opportunity provided by Richard Albert and his editorial team from amongst the top Legal experts from Brazil, I brought together an analysis of Ireland's Constitution on the anniversary of its formative document (SSRN).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4623844
A Glance at Two Constitutions: Ireland
Rule commentary
Regulations.gov
U.S. Courts Rules
U.S. Supreme Court 2022
Regulations.gov
U.S. Courts Rules
U.S. Supreme Court 2022
https://internationalattestations.com/academic-journal/f/comment-on-supreme-court-rules
U.S. Courts
Appellate, Bankruptcy, & Evidence 2025
(links forthcoming)
U.S. Government
Census Boundary
Michael Snow of the Decennial Census Management Division managed a call for comments on a Boundary & Annexation Survey and System.
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USBC-2024-0012-0004
UN COMMENTS
Colombia Visit to UN
(link forthcoming)
UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
(link forthcoming)
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Writing Pertaining to Constitutional & Treaty Law, & More!
And many more....
With your support and the support of all the great communities with which I have engaged around the nation and the world, I hope that I get to present cases at the ICJ as an advocate, judge, judge ad hoc--with preference for the U.S.A. but I am available and ready to help other nations as well after having taught students from every corner of the earth.