Biography

Education

• B. A. , Augustana College
• J.D. , William Mitchell College of Law
• LL.M. , London School of Economics

Employment

• Co-Director, Rule of Law Program, Stanford Law School (1999-present)
• Senior Research Scholar (2008–present), and Affiliated Faculty (2004-present), Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
• Senior Advisor for Governance and Law, The Asia Foundation (1999-present)
• Frequent senior advisor/consultant to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank
• Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Pakistan (1993-99)
• Deputy Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Philippines (1989-1993)
• Senior Fulbright Lecturer, University of Colombo Law Faculty and the Open University Law Faculty, Sri Lanka (1985-1989)

Courses

• Statebuilding and the Rule of Law

In the News

• Despite Questions Over U.S.-Afghan Pact, Stanford Professor Remains Optimistic
  Stanford University News, May 03, 2012
• Stanford, Asia Foundation Launch First Text To Focus On Laws Of Timor-Leste
  In Asia, December 07, 2011

Courses & Programs

Courses

• State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop
• State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (ALEP)
• State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (KLEP)
• State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (TLLEP)

Programs

• Afghanistan Legal Education Project, Faculty Advisor
• Bhutan Law and Policy Project, Faculty Advisor
• Iraq Legal Education Initiative, Faculty Advisor
• Rule of Law Program, Director
• Timor-Leste Legal Education Project, Faculty Advisor

Publications & Cases

• William Cole and Erik G. Jensen, Democracy, Human Rights, Governance and the Rule of Law in Asia, in Order and Institutional Architecture in Asia, Bates Gill and Michael Green, eds., New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.
• Erik G. Jensen, Justice and the Rule of Law, in Building States to Build Peace, Charles Call and Vanessa Wyeth, eds., Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2008.
• Erik G. Jensen and Thomas C. Heller, eds., Beyond Common Knowledge: Empirical Approaches to the Rule of Law (Stanford University Press: 2003)
• Erik G. Jensen, Confronting Misconceptions and Acknowledging Imperfections: A Response To Khaled Abou El Fadl's 'Islam And Democracy, Fordham International Law Review (2003)