Michla (Michal) Pomerance  is a Prof. emeritus who was the Emilio von Hofmannsthal Professor of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her PhD at Columbia University and joined the Hebrew University faculty the following year. Internationally recognized for her rigorous work on international adjudication, self-determination, the use of force, and the interaction between international law and U.S. foreign policy, she held fellowships at leading institutions and secured major research grants. She consistently bridged Israeli legal scholarship with global debates in international law and became one of Israel’s foremost authorities in the field.

Selected works:

• The Advisory Function of the International Court in the League and U.N. Eras (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973)
• Self-Determination in Law and Practice: The New Doctrine in the United Nations (Brill, 1982)
• The United States and the World Court as a “Supreme Court of the Nations” (Martinus Nijhoff, 1996)