BBI Faculty Fellow, Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor of Law, J.D.
ctruefrost@syr.eduCurriculum Vita (PDF)
Cora True-Frost the Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University, specializing in constitutional law, international law, and human rights law. Her recent research focuses on the right to travel and disability law in the U.S. and Europe. Her articles have been published in leading journals, including the Michigan Journal of International Law and NYU Journal of International Law and Politics. She co-edited The First Global Prosecutor: Promise and Constraints with Martha Minow and Alex Whiting.
Her scholarship is informed by her experiences defending individuals accused of crimes against humanity, leading advocacy efforts at the UN, and parenting a child with disabilities. Her work spans topics such as international disability law, ICC prosecutions, terrorism, and UN Security Council practice.
True-Frost was named a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in 2024 and has received multiple teaching awards, including the Lex Lucet Mundum Award. She directs Impunity Watch News and serves as Advisor of the Journal of International Law and Commerce and Director of the Journal of Global Rights and Organizations as well as the International Law Society.
As a Fulbright Research Scholar in Norway (2022-23), she worked in international disability law at the PluriCourts Centre at the University of Oslo. She has also taught in Poland, Brazil, and Italy and served on the New York Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (2015-2021).
Before academia, True-Frost founded the Women’s Justice Unit in East Timor and served as a legal consultant at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She earned her J.D./M.P.A. magna cum laude at Syracuse University, where she was Lead Articles Editor of the Syracuse Law Review.