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'''Harold Hongju Koh ''' is a the former dean of the Yale Law School and is awaiting confirmation as the chief counsel of the State Department.<ref> See [http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/HKoh.htm Yale Law School biography]</ref>   

'''Harold Hongju Koh ''' is a the former dean of the Yale Law School and is awaiting confirmation as the chief counsel of the State Department.<ref>See [http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/HKoh.htm Yale Law School biography]</ref>   

A Korean-American native of Boston, he holds a B.A. degree from Harvard College (1975), and B.A. degree from Oxford University, (1977) where he was a Marshall Scholar. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School (1980), where he was Developments Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and served as a law clerk for Justice [[Harry Blackmun]] of the United States Supreme Court and Judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

A Korean-American native of Boston, he holds a B.A. degree from Harvard College (1975), and B.A. degree from Oxford University, (1977) where he was a Marshall Scholar. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School (1980), where he was Developments Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and served as a law clerk for Justice [[Harry Blackmun]] of the United States Supreme Court and Judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Koh was a professor at Yale Law School 1985-2009, and dean 2001-2009; he previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Koh was a professor at Yale Law School 1985-2009, and dean 2001-2009; he previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Erroneus reports have circulated to the effect that he wants to bring Sharia law to the United States.  In 2007 at a question and answer session he said that while there are obvious differences among the many different legal systems, they also share some common legal concepts.  The organizer of the event attests that Koh "never told our group that he would or might consider applying sharia law in US cases." <ref>Daniel Pipes, "Harold Koh, Promoter of Shari'a?" [http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/03/harold-koh-promoter-of-sharia.html Blog March 30, 2009] </ref>

Erroneus reports have circulated to the effect that he wants to bring Sharia law to the United States.  In 2007 at a question and answer session he said that while there are obvious differences among the many different legal systems, they also share some common legal concepts.  The organizer of the event attests that Koh "never told our group that he would or might consider applying sharia law in US cases." <ref>Daniel Pipes, "Harold Koh, Promoter of Shari'a?" [http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/03/harold-koh-promoter-of-sharia.html Blog March 30, 2009]</ref>

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