He is currently the Skelly Wright Fellow at Yale Law School, and a lecturer in law at Columbia law school. While he has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights most of his 27 years of practice his other positions have included: Special Counsel to President Aristide to assist in the prosecution of human rights crimes (1995-1996); Instructor, Yale Law School, International Human Rights Law Clinic (1990-1994); Legal Director, Center for Constitutional Rights (1984-1990); President, National Lawyers Guild (1982-1983); Instructor, N.Y.U. Law School, Federal Civil Rights Litigation (1973-1974); Clerk, U.S. District Court, Judge Constance Baker Motley (1970-1971). He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1970, Kent Scholar, Magna Cum Laude.