Virginia C. Lindsay

Dr. Virginia Lindsay
International Criminal Bar Legal Advisor
Assistant Professor at AGSIRD

Fields of Expertise

  • International Criminal Law

  • Comparative Criminal Law

  • Former Yugoslavia

Degrees

  • B.A., Austin College, Sherman, Texas

  • J.D. University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California

  • L.L.M. Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC

  • L.L.M. in International and Comparative Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Other current posts

International Criminal Bar (ICB), The Hague, Netherlands: Legal Advisor. Advises the ICB Executive Comittee on issues arising during consultations at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Represents the ICB at consultations with the ICC Registry and Prosecution and before the Assembly of States Parties.

Principal Previous posts

Legal Experience

  • International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Hague, Netherlands: Defence Councel (January 2002 to May 2007)

  • Public Defender, Criminal Justice Act Appointments, District of Columbia Superior Court, Washington, D.C. (represented indigent defendants)

  • Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the California State Public Defender, San Francisco, California. Appointed by California Supreme Court to represent condemned clients in direct appealls and post conviction challenges in capital murder cases.

Teaching experience

  • Université de Paris X-Nanterre, France, Comparative Criminal Law Seminar: panelist and lecturer.

  • Training Seminar on International Criminal Courts and the Asian World, Tokyo, Japan: faculty member

  • South Texas College of Law, The Hague, Netherlands: clinical adjunct

  • Advocacy Training Program on Substance, Procedure and Practice for the International Criminal Court (Canada and Netherlands): faculty member

  • Georgetown University Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic: Stuart Stiller Fellow

Bar membership

  • ICC (International Criminal Court) list of counsel

  • ICTY (International Criminal ) list of counsel

  • State of California Bar

  • District of Columbia Bar

 

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