Professor of Law Emeritus. Professor Liivak earned his
B.A. in 1965 at Rutgers College, M.L.S. in 1966 at the Graduate
School of Information Studies at Rutgers, and 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 the federal bar, Professor Liivak also
served as 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 was appointed 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.
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