International Legal Studies Staff

Alexis Boyce is a Staff Assistant for International Legal Studies and the Graduate Program. Alexis previously worked as Assistant Program Coordinator and Publications Coordinator for the Institute for African Development (IAD) at Cornell University. IAD's mandate included facilitating discussion on issues related to African development in both the academic and local community and providing tuition fellowships for graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa. Alexis holds a B.A. in English from Wells College and is currently working on her M.A. in Gender and Cultural Studies at Simmons College.

Benjamin Cook is the International Legal Studies Program Officer. Ben previously practiced education and family law as legal counsel for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked for three years as a field director for international development service-learning programs in Zimbabwe and Uganda. He has also spent time living and working in Japan. Outside HLS, Ben serves as appellate counsel for indigent clients for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Council Services. Ben holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in International Development (African Studies emphasis), and an M.Ed. in International and Comparative Education from Brigham Young University. He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University.

Sara Zucker is the Director of International Legal Studies Programs. For eight years, Sara was the Director of the Project on Justice in Times of Transition, a program that brought together individuals from a broad spectrum of countries to share experiences in ending conflict, establishing peace, and building civil society. Sara's work with political and community leaders has had a particular focus on issues of civil rights and peace in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Israel and Palestine. She served as the Executive Director of American Friends of Ratz / Meretz (the Israeli Civil Rights and Peace Movement) and worked for organizations that include the Committee to Protect Journalists, B'Tselem (the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories), and the Israeli-Palestinian Human Rights Committee. Sara holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Brown University and an M.A. in International Affairs, with a specialization in Human Rights and International Law, from Columbia University.