LESLIE JOHNS
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UCLA Department of Political Science
4289 Bunche Hall
Box 951472
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472
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ljohns[at]polisci.ucla.edu
johns[at]law.ucla.edu
​Leslie Johns is a professor of political science and law at UCLA. She is also Associate Director of the Burkle Center for International Relations.
​Her research focuses on international law, organizations, and political economy.
In 2022, Cambridge University Press published her newest book, Politics and International Law: Making, Breaking, and Upholding Global Rules.  You can access related news stories on the book's Twitter account: @PoliticsIntlLaw
​Her work appears in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Journal of Politics.  Her first book–Strengthening International Courts: The Hidden Costs of Legalization–was published in 2015 by the University of Michigan Press. She received the Michael Wallerstein Award for political economy in 2017.
She is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a former research fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University (2012-2013 and 2021-2022).
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