Michele Krech

Michele Krech’s research spans international law and global governance, with a particular focus on human rights and gender equality. Drawing on socio-legal methods and critical legal theory, she examines how the interactions between domestic and international legal systems and public and private regulatory authorities facilitate or foreclose access to justice. Professor Krech is particularly interested in the accountability of transnational organizations and the role of science and other knowledge systems in legal decision-making. She has explored these questions in contexts including the regulation of gender in global sport.

Professor Krech’s work has appeared in the American Journal of International Law (AJIL), AJIL Unbound, the International Journal of Human Rights, the Berkeley Journal of International Law, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, among others.

Professor Krech is currently a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and was previously a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI), where she also served as an Assistant Editor of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL). 

Professor Krech holds a JSD and an LLM from New York University (NYU) School of Law, where her research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL). She also holds a JD from the University of Ottawa, an MA in International Affairs from Carleton University, and a BA in Global Development Studies from Queen’s University.

Professor Krech clerked for Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade at the International Court of Justice and for Justices Russell Juriansz, Peter Lauwers, and William Hourigan at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. She has also worked in a consultative capacity with various international organizations, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Centre for Sport and Human Rights.