Professor of Law Emeritus. Professor Liivak earned his B.A. in 1965 at Rutgers College, his M.L.S. in 1966 at the Graduate School of Information Studies at Rutgers, and his J.D. in 1969 at Rutgers` School of Law- Camden, where he served as student writing editor of the Rutgers Law Journal and class president. Admitted to the Bar in New Jersey and to the Federal Bar, Professor Liivak also served as the director of the law library at the School of Law-Camden from 1969 to 1992. He has served on numerous professional committees and organizations on the national and international levels as well as on the editorial boards of several journals. He is managing editor of the International Journal of Legal Information. He has served as a delegate on behalf of Estonia to the 46th, 47th, and 48th Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and is its representative to the sixth (Legal) Committee of the General Assembly. He also has been appointed as head of delegation to the meetings of the state`s parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993.
