Phyllis Cox received her B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and her J.D. from University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado. She has over 35 years of experience working in the United States and overseas, first in the practice of law in the state of Colorado, USA, with an emphasis on civil and commercial matters, as well as a significant component of family law matters. Her practice included both litigation in state and federal courts and transactional work. Since 1996 she has worked overseas in international development and has also taught law in universities in Turkey and Cambodia. Her international development experience has focused on advancing rule of law, legal and judicial reform, human rights, access to justice and legal aid, anti-corruption, and strengthening civil society, as well as on institutional development and capacity building. She has worked in a broad range of countries and contexts, including, without limitation, Cambodia, Haiti, Guyana, Liberia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Libya. She obtained her TEFL Certificate at Via Lingua, Istanbul, later returning to Istanbul to teach at BAU during the academic year 2013-2014. Since then she has returned to hold Legal English classes and to speak on various subjects, including on the admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in criminal proceedings in courts in the US throughout the country’s history. She now serves as International Relations Coordinator with the Institute for Global Understanding of Rule of Law (IGUL) which is part of the Bahcesehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. She continues to offer online programs on Advanced Legal English and on lawyering and legal skills-building and to encourage a transnational perspective in legal education, lawyering and legal services delivery.

Steve practices as a trial lawyer in Seattle, Washington, USA, at the firm Fury Duarte, PS.
He is one of the founders of Justice Advocacy Africa (JAA), a US non-profit that has since 2003 presented scores of trial advocacy training programs in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, and Botswana training hundreds of advocates in each country. He has also taught at trial advocacy programs with the General Counsel of the Bar of South Africa. In addition, Steve has presented at many continuing legal education seminars for attorneys, has taught trial advocacy with National Institute for Trial Advocacy, at the University of Washington and Emory schools of law, and in China. He is on the faculty of the Trial Lawyers College. Steve has been selected for “The Best Lawyers in America” since 1995 and Washington State's Super Lawyers since 2003. In 2012, the Washington State Association for Justice presented its Pillar of Justice award to Steve for the work of JAA in Africa. Steve received his B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1974 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1979. Before beginning his practice, he clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Steve grew up as the son of a logger outside a small town in Washington State.

Vehbi Kahveci graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1982 and founded Kahveci Law Office in 1983. He completed his master's and doctoral studies in criminal law at Istanbul University. Vehbi Kahveci has published many articles and has served as chairman and director in many organizations. Mr. Kahveci, who is also the Chairman of the Intellectual and Industrial Rights Commission of the Istanbul Bar Association, is the founder of the Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law Association.

Naim Karakaya graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 1995 and served as a lecturer at Marmara University Department of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law between 1998 and 2008. Karakaya has a master's thesis on Confiscation in Turkish Criminal Law and a doctoral thesis on Legitimate Defense in Turkish Criminal Law. He established Karakaya Law Firm in 2009 in order to share his consulting experience and academic knowledge with more people and institutions, and has successfully represented his clients in many cases in the field of criminal law in Turkey, which has attracted intense public interest in recent years. Naim Karakaya, who stands out as an educator as well as a lawyer, participates as a speaker in seminars and conferences organized by many bar associations and provides training in the fields of criminal law and criminal procedure, human rights law, law enforcement law and juvenile law. Karakaya also teaches Applied Criminal Law at Bahçeşehir University. Karakaya has published extensively on criminal law, criminal procedure law, administrative law and human rights and speaks English.

Stephen Mazza joined the KU Law faculty in 1998 and was named dean in April 2011. An honors graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, he received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law, where he was managing editor of the Tax Law Review. After practicing in the tax section of a large Atlanta law firm, he returned to NYU as an acting assistant professor teaching in the LL.M. tax program. Mazza has expanded the number of tax offerings at KU, teaching separate courses in Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Procedure and Tax Policy. He also coordinates the law school's tax certificate program and VITA program. Mazza is an active member of the tax section of the Kansas Bar Association and a frequent speaker on tax issues.

Dr. Salih Oktar obtained his Bachelor’s (1984) and Master’s degrees (Master’s thesis: Bribery Offences, 1987) from the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, where he also held the position of Teaching Assistant in the Department of Criminal Law during his master’s and Ph. D. studies. After his initial academic and teaching career of over 10 years, he co-founded the Oktar&Oktar law firm with Av. Ayla Bilgiç Oktar. There he represented numerous prominent clients, both private and corporate, in a variety of law fields. During this time, he also provided training to intern lawyers at the Intern Training Centers of the Istanbul Bar Association and the Turkish Union of Bar Associations. After gathering considerable experience in the field, he completed his Ph. D. at the Kültür University in 2014 with a dissertation entitled “Abortion and Miscarriage in Turkish Criminal Law”. Since then, he taught courses on Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Advocacy Law in Kültür und Yakındoğu Universities. His fields of interest span a wide variety of subjects, including but not limited to Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Customs Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, as well as Trademark Law. He is a prolific translator of contemporary German criminal law literature and the author of several monographies, articles and legislation collections in the mentioned fields. He is currently serving as Faculty Member at Bahçeşehir University School of Law and teaching Criminal Procedure Law and doing practical studies related to Criminal Procedure Law.

Rick Petry currently serves as assistant director of career and professional development. Rick leads Mitchell Hamline’s initiative to have as many students as possible complete a Legal Residency—a semester working full time at a firm, business, courthouse, or other legal setting prior to graduation. In addition to be an assistant director of career and professional development, Rick also serves as an adjunct professor teaching torts and advance litigation skills. Rick is also an author and expert in human performance excellence, leadership development, and helping organizations develop high performing cultures. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for nearly 20 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a trial attorney.

Margaret Phillips, J.D., Associate Professor, Director of Paralegal Studies, has been named co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Paralegals, a state-wide committee that will be examining the evolving role of paralegals in today's legal practice, including an update of ethical guidelines, the issue of limited licensure, and access to justice issues.

Prof. John Sonsteng, a distinguished legal professional, currently serves as the Director of the Center for Law and Business. With a solid educational foundation, Prof. Sonsteng earned a B.A. in 1964 and a J.D. in 1967 from the University of Minnesota.
Having joined the faculty of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Prof. Sonsteng has been instrumental in shaping the minds of aspiring legal practitioners as a professor of law. Prior to this, Prof. Sonsteng held various prominent positions at William Mitchell College of Law, including professor of law from 1982-2015, associate dean from 1989 to 1990, associate professor of law from 1981 to 1982, and assistant professor of law from 1979 to 1981.
Prof. Sonsteng's passion for teaching and legal education extends beyond national borders. From 1993 to 1996, Prof. Sonsteng served as the City Solicitors Education Trust Visiting Professor in Litigation Advocacy at Nottingham Law School in England, imparting invaluable knowledge and expertise to students in an international setting.
In addition to a distinguished academic career, Prof. Sonsteng has contributed significantly to the legal profession through public service. Notably, Prof. Sonsteng served as the County Attorney for Dakota County, Minnesota, from 1973 to 1979, following a role as Assistant County Attorney from 1969 to 1973. Further demonstrating dedication to public service, Prof. Sonsteng served as an Assistant Hennepin County attorney in Minnesota from 1967 to 1969.

Dr Bharti Yadav has been a faculty at National Law University Delhi since 2012. She did her B.A. LL.B. from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak and LL.M. in criminal law from Rajasthan University, Rajasthan. She did her Ph.D. on “Comprehensiveness and Adequacy of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987-An empirical study of Rajasthan and Haryana” from University of Rajasthan. She has also qualified NET. Her areas of interest and specialisation are Criminal Law, Research Methodology, Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education. She has organised many international and national workshops and conferences on criminal law and clinical legal education at National Law University Delhi. She has also presented papers on various aspects of criminal law and access to justice in national and international conferences. Her research papers are published in many journals and books. She has also supervised a number of LL.M. students for their dissertations. She has been involved in administrative reforms initiatives at prisons by conducting various empirical researches. She has collaborated with Delhi Legal Services Authorities in various Legal Aid initiatives. She has been a resource person at Haryana Institute of Public Administration in various training programs for HCS officers and law officers of Haryana. She has also been a resource person in many workshops and training programs organised by NLUD. Since 2015, she has been continuously appointed as an external member of complaint committee against sexual harassment at workplace of NABCONS and NABARD. She has contributed in e-pathshala and MOOCS Programme of UGC by writing modules on various aspects of access to justice and coordinating the courses. She has also been a resource person for live legal awareness program on Gyan Darshan TV channel. She has offered seminar courses at University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany in the year 2016 & 2017. She was invited by Justice Academy, Ankara, Turkey for addressing Judges and advocates on art of cross examination in the year 2017. She has presided sessions on promoting justice education in international conference of The Global Alliance of Justice Education at Turkey in the year 2015 and Mexico in the year 2017.

Professor Dr. Feridun Yenisey (born September 17, 1944) studied Law at the University of Istanbul (1965–1970) and worked as an assistant specializing in criminal procedure law from 1971 to 1990 at the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University. He received his Ph.D., with a thesis on “Appeals in Criminal Law,” in 1978. In 1990, Professor Yenisey became Professor at Marmara University in the Faculty of Law and stayed there until September 2001. In May 2002, he received a call from Bahçeşehir University School of Law, where he is serving as Professor of criminal law and criminal procedure. Professor Yenisey was the Founder of the Institute for Global Understanding of the Rule of Law (IGUL) at Bahçeşehir University (2002-2021) and has been the Dean of the Faculty of Mass Media of Marmara University (1991–1993) and Dean of Bahçeşehir University School of Law (2009). He has established the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and Bahçeşehir University Joint Research Group on European Criminal Law at Bahçeşehir University. He was the Director of this Research Group. He conducted research in Austria and in Germany and taught courses on comparative criminal law in the USA (Syracuse University, College of Law; South Texas College of Law; William Mitchell College of Law; Kansas University School of Law; Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School; Georgia State University School of Law). Currently, he is teaching “Comparative Law in Contemporary Perspectives” course at Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, School of Law. He is member of Board of Trustee of Bahçeşehir University and Founding President of the Professional Advanced Legal Studies Global (PALS Global).