Professor of Law
University of Illinois College of Law

William Davey (wdavey@law.uiuc.edu) is the Edwin M. Adams Professor at the College of Law, where he has taught courses in international trade law, European Union law, international business transactions, and corporate/securities law since 1984. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge J. Edward Lumbard at the U.S. Court of Appeals, New York, and Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court. He then worked in Brussels and New York for the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. From 1995-99, he was on leave from the College and served as the Director of the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization.

Professor Davey has authored several books and numerous articles about international trade and European Union law. He is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the International Trade Committee of the International Law Association. Professor Davey is Associate Editor of The Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford) and also serves on the Board of Advisors for The Columbia Journal of European Law and the Faculty Editorial Board of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.